 What they gonna do with me now? I'm still a twerk in the town Got these sisters, I'm hooking them down Reaching the smiles and the frowns Gang hop out, then we clarin' them It got a, now you a, now you a patch What's up y'all, it's your girl Rihanna Imani And you tuned in to another twerk in the town interview And who do I have here with me on the couch today? Biggest shark of the sea, her Nia G in this bitch We got Nia G here, you say you the biggest shark in the city What city, what city, sis? Where you from? Camden, New Jersey, you know what I'm saying, the trenches Okay, so walk us through like what it was like growing up in Camden It was rough, we always baddest hell running around, you know what I'm saying We made the best of it, like it was rough but it wasn't like as bad as it could have got You know what I'm saying? Okay, is it still like that now? I'm not too sure Well, it's crazier now, we crazy about it Oh wow Okay, so were you always like, well would you consider yourself to be like outside? In the field? Yeah, yeah Yeah, were you always like that or was that like something that came to age? It was really like, it's really like a stage drawing Like it's certain, I feel like it's certain levels of being in the field Like certain shit you go through, like certain shit that happened that just made me like that It started from some little shit, you know what I'm saying? Escalade, like that's for you Okay, so would you say like you more so like a product of your environment Is the stuff that you experience? Yeah, because I ain't asked for options but niggas we hate in this shit, you know what I'm saying? Oh, isn't that just what happened with you? And we don't got to get too much into detail But is it like niggas or you got like I don't be for females, they know real beef with no females I got male options, you know what I'm saying? Oh, so you bought about it, you got Okay, so we don't get into the music so like what were you listening to growing up? Lil Wayne, Drake, they was lit when I was first starting writing, you know what I'm saying? They was on the radio, that's who they were playing So I was listening to older rappers, like mainly males because I don't really listen to no rappers Okay, okay, so were you influenced by them? Were you just listening to them? Yeah, because they made me want to write because punch lines and stuff I really try to challenge them or challenge myself to make some hard line that make them be like Okay, so what was it like making your first song? The first time you stepped in a booth, what was that like? It was just different. I don't know because before I stepped in a booth I was freestyle on my phone, like I sit my phone up right to it like that When I went in the booth, it was just like, oh now I'm really making songs now Like I'm ready to take this to a different level And you were freestyling, what was the reaction from people when it was him and you freestyle? I ain't even want to post it on my page, I had it with my boy Seb I was sending him the videos and it was just going crazy Like from the minute I started it was like in the hood, I started bubbling for real And you've been making music for a minute and it's still going up because I saw you had sober And that's at like over 60,000 and it's still going up And like I said, that was a while ago So like how would you compare the music that you was making back then to like what you're making now? Like then I don't know like it was just like I was just starting you know what I'm saying Everything different now from like my delivery, the tone of my voice everything like I'm just different and better now the way I say stuff And we talked about like the reception back before when you was freestyling stuff But like what is it like now? How do people react to your music now? The same way even more now I'm getting like reactions from people that really matter Everybody matter because it's all at fans count But I'm just saying like you got celebrities seeing what you're doing and really like oh Yeah, we're fucking with you like that. It's like different. So I'm getting a bigger crowd So who were like some people that you got support from or got like co-signed from that you were Like excited. I've been around some big people like FAB was probably the biggest person I've been around that would really like gave me some gems and like Freeway too though. He a OG from Philly. He big though. He was giving me games So did you think like that you were gonna start like going up going up when you when you were writing your music We first started or no, that's why I was scared to post on my page like because I didn't know how they was going to take it You know I'm saying uh, but then I stopped giving the So if it wasn't music and let's say, you know I won't say God forbid because you already going up, but if you didn't what would it have been? What would you have been doing? I would have Been a surgeon to some in school for surgery because that's really was my main goal like medicine and stuff like that so So is that something you still interested in or yeah, yeah, you in school or no? No. Okay. Well, I'm gonna finish school Okay, and it's never too late, you know Um, so how would you describe your sound if you had to describe it in a few words trenches Okay, because um, but I'll be on some compsid though. So it'd be like um Like a little in between. Yeah, but you versatile so you can't say both. Yeah Right I'm humble too So do you consider yourself and I noticed it's a redundant question, but would you consider yourself a drill rapper? No No, no So if you had to categorize your music What would you categorize it as? This hip-hop, right? Okay, because I think I saw something and correct me if I'm wrong That was associated with your name. It said queen of drill. No I won't be calling myself dead. There was somebody that had posted something or something It said Nia G is the queen of drill. I think I saw it on twitter And I was like, that's very interesting because I wonder if she Yeah It's a every female that drill rap stated the queen of drill. I ain't looking for that title. I ain't no drill rapper I'm the queen of this whole rap. That's what I'm trying to be. You know what I'm saying Top of all that and I was I really wanted to get your feedback on that because I think you know You got the tic-tocs with the the props You got the guns and all of that, you know, you got the tough exterior and all of that So I think maybe that's where it's coming from Um, so how did you build Your image? I won't say it's an image But like how did you decide that that's like what you wanted to go out with? Because that's how I am for real like I always been like tomboyish With the gods all the time so it just came natural like when it was time to shoot a video That's how I was coming. You know I'm saying it just That's how they took me And I think it separates you from a lot of female rappers also because you don't really succumb to like the whole like sexualization I'm showing a little skin now because they was thinking I'm gay and shit like that. I don't want them thinking that Like I'm trying to show my feminine side when I wear a little shit like this If you see I'm hunched like this because I don't I ain't comfortable and stuff like this I thought hoodie on so fast But I think that's something that's important to you because you're authentic as your homeboy over here says So, I mean, you know do what you want to say, but do you feel like there are pressures as a female artist to like Show skin and be girly Yes, and what make me different because I have a big male fan base and I don't wrap about sex and stuff like that Usually girls that they build sex appeal to draw males in and have that Oh, I want her or her buffet. Oh, she you know what I'm saying I I want respect from niggas and they look at me like oh shit like real niggas really listening to IG That's what I'll be trying to Make you and I still like you have posted a video of when you were performing like that And I was like that's more like a sexual Only got like three songs like so how does it make you feel like are you okay? Do you feel like there needs to be that versatility? Yeah, definitely. Yeah, definitely because I need female fans. I'll be too hard. I feel like my raps be too hard for females That's why my female fan base ain't as big as my male fan That's why I'm gonna have something for the ladies too. You know what I'm saying? Okay Ain't nothing to jump and had a lady's and do some sexy shit. You know what I'm saying? I'm a girl But it's hard for girls to do some hard shit and draw a man in you know what I'm saying, that's what I can do Okay, so how would you describe the state of female rap right now? It's definitely doing this thing bigger than I think it ever was for a lot of female artists And you did the um, what was it the women's month freestyle, which was though and that whole thing was dope And you know you was last you came but it ended off great So who like are there any female rappers out right now that you would like to collaborate or that you've been listening to I know you how you feel You told us how you feel about female rap, but Anybody likes to work with I'll always work with Nicki Minaj. You know what I'm saying? She's just different Her, yeah That's really yeah. I ain't really I wasn't really like I mean I would but I ain't really And do you like Freestyle and more like you were before do you like recording getting in a booth doing anything? Uh I'll write I feel like I'm better when I write. I like right I could do some off the top shit is gonna be hard, but it ain't gonna be that long I don't feel like I like to really think about my shit So what's your creative process like what do you use as like inspiration to write your music? I don't know. It would just become out of nowhere I write a whole song off of one line off of one thing I seen or Or something like one thing that happened or something that'll be the whole song And do you play the beat first you get a beat first you write No, sometimes it be just You got because I'm real like I don't know. I'll be hearing everything in my head before it even hit a beat Or something you know I'm saying I'm already hearing the bass and how I wanted to sound So it's it's easy for me to write it without a beat and pick a perfect Okay, so I know you write your own music, but how do you feel about ghost writers? That don't count bro. Don't count. So you don't think a person is considered a rapper You know I'm saying because you're reading somebody else's shit for real. That's that's a tonic, but it's like You can't consider yourself a real rapper rapping somebody else's stuff Okay, do entertainer at that point or something Okay, I feel that now How would you feel about ghost writing would that be something that you would do? Okay, so if anybody's looking All right, so, um You described yourself as shy before I saw on tiktok. I believe it was So, how do you get the confidence to like go out there and do your thing I'm more confident now than I've ever been for real because it's like that shy shit ain't gonna get you nowhere And I had to say that to myself Now I'm just trying to get out there more. I'm still shy a little bit, but I'm trying to kick that shit to the side We won't got time for that Okay, all right So do you look up like what people say about you online? Do you read comments? No, I read all my comments. I don't give a fuck what nobody's saying about me That's what that's the thing like I could read all my comments Don't give a fuck none nobody could say can make me feel different about myself. You know what I'm saying? I'm glad I got that self-love and like Confidence because the internet it freaked you Yeah, and the industry will break you too for real. Is that something that you've always had? Is that something that you grew into? No, I've always been like Okay, okay, so I see you got the chain With the Bando baby records on it. So how did that come about? What was it that made you want to sign to Bando baby? My man Garcy. He had hit me and To be honest, I really like didn't see a DM or none till like a year later And I'm like, uh, and he was like, how can I make your situation better? I'm like Look on his page and stuff. I see him with me. I'm like put me straight with me I'm trying to make me be dream tissue some like something and he was just like, um Meet my boy, you know, I'm saying he ain't gonna listen to just no song. I send them like that But I could definitely make something happen for you. I'm saying and I don't know He was just different like some different because I read people good like in Garcy my boys So we linked that stuff and from near talk business and it been up from there Okay, so are you happy with the decision? Yeah Yeah Would there be any words of advice that you would give to artists that are looking to get signed or thinking about getting signed That maybe you wish that you knew before you sign Getting signed ain't all Think it is I think it's pretty It's a lot to it and you got to be real careful A lot of times you don't even need to sign just be independent. It ain't for everybody I know but try to stay independent build this shit for yourself Okay, okay, so what do you how did you feel when you got your chain? Was that like your first like yeah Yeah, no, I bought my own short chain This was like a bigger So you said was sorry because I was I was admiring the I was admiring the ice from up here So you say how did you feel I was just saying I was happy like it was just like chaining day, you know And I should turn me up Okay. Okay. Okay. So how important is like your image to you? Are you like a material girl? Are you just like you do what you want you wear what you want Do what I want wherever I want. I don't have no styles and um, you know, I'm saying I'm not girly at all So it's like if it was up to me for real T-shirt jeans Shit like that, but I'll be trying to get swaggy a little bit I mean, but you pair it up nicely because you still like, you know, you got the Face beat the hair lady. You still pair it up with your own style. No, I think that it works So what do you do? I'm interested because I know that you you and the church is for you outside. Well, like, what do you do for fun? Hang with the gods for I don't do Like I don't do shit. How do you balance like your You know, I'm a mom So that take up most of my time and I'll be having fun with my son. He too You know, I'm seeing it. So it's like that'd be keeping me company like But other than that, I just like hang with the guys being on the block. I'd rather do that before anything I don't know. That's just where I'd be comfortable Mm-hmm. So I was asking about the balance between Your career and your friends, but how was it balancing being a mom and trying to go up in your career? Hard definitely hard. It's not easy at all But your kid is your mean should be your main purpose and that should make you want to grow harder at whatever you're doing You know, I'm saying trying to rap and being the mix and on the scene and I'm still a full-time mom You know, I'm saying it's hard, but try to make it happen I'm gonna make it happen And if there was anything that you Like later down the line if your son was to look back on like your journey and your process What is one thing that you would want him to take away from? Like your experience Like with the rap journey, yeah about his mom keep hustling like just I want him to be Even harder hustler or hustle just as much as I did because when I make this it happen become a millionaire for him I want him to be like, yeah, my mom did this for me because that's really what it is I want him to hustle grind always had that And so I see you here with the guys I know you've got a lot of guys friends your videos with a lot of guys like How does that translate into like I don't know if you're dating But what where you are like do guys get intimidated about that? No, because they know it's up. Ain't no ain't no nigga over my guys. You know what I'm saying? My brothers these my real brothers like from day one type shit Like ain't no nigga ever gonna come between that or try to and my boys know too like they know the Boundaries and me having a boyfriend, but and my boyfriend know the boundaries Having my brothers, so I don't know Okay, so are you dating do you have a boyfriend? No I'm gonna run this shit up. You know what I'm saying? I don't have time Okay, in that short period I feel you sis It could wait it could wait So, um But do you hang out with girls too? Yeah, yeah shout out to my bitches Okay I only got a couple friends like couple girlfriends because they're like I don't really like females like that They're shiesty when you want to talk about niggas and shit like that. That's not me And that's why I was curious because I got that from you So I'm like I wonder like who who you hang around with my girls though My girls they they the only ones that could pull that out of me. They had me really like on something else shit Because they get like me gangster boys like me too, but they they more girly or stimmy Okay, they like him. But there's a balance. It's important to have a little balance in the friend group Okay, so I know I actually to describe your music, but how would you describe yourself if you had to describe Nia Jean in three words, how would you describe yourself? girl I'm saying real That That that consists of a bunch of different words. You know what I'm saying? I'm just that good words I ain't conceded or nothing, but I just feel like I'm that because I made myself that Okay, how did you make yourself that? Because I went out there made a name for myself You know I'm saying before this bangle baby stuff before anything I went out there I rapped I did that it got crowded. You know I'm saying so and they turned me up for sure You know I'm saying ain't no discrediting them or nothing But I really got out there got my name turned God wasn't all that Do you feel like you still get support from people in Camden from your hometown? Not really. No most of them niggas ops if they not ops. They dick riding or ops. They scared or something like I don't know Some people in the city support me, but not the whole city I ain't gonna hold you like and that's unfortunately the reality of what it is the people All right. No, I ain't in red cap like my city behind me. They not So where do you get the most support from? Where do you think it's the most important my hood my block? That's all okay. So I'll study a lot Like is there like another city? Yeah, Philly. It'd be Baltimore. It'd be other countries like I'll be going up a lot of things, but New York starting to really get in tune now. Mm-hmm Jersey Different parts of Jersey. Okay. Well, you're you low. Can't give me Philly vibes for some reason. I've been out there too I feel like you definitely give me Philly vibes. Um, are you are you listening to any Philly artists? Are you tap dancing? Maybe you are Okay Okay All right. So is there any like common misconceptions of you? Well, we already touched on one But is there any other like common misconceptions of you that you have heard like as you've been going up? Um I heard this and by one of my guys be writing for you. That was crazy. Well That was not I didn't hear that too many times because But that was just Okay So what's so what's next like what can we look forward to my tape about the drop, you know, I'm seeing hardest shit City new year and what's that sounded like? What can we expect? It's versatile with all different sounds all different vibes because I just want everybody to feel All different type of weeds. I want to 90 song for however you feel, you know, I'm saying that's how I gotta be That's how I'm coming for this tape. Okay. And when can we expect that? This summer We don't need no exact days, but we just know that we're gonna be violent streets about to get hot Okay, okay. So is there anything else that you would like to talk on touch on before we sign out of this? I don't really be talking All right, well it was good having you welcome back to new york And we looking forward to the next day make sure you shout out your social media So that everybody make sure y'all follow me on instagram naya underscore g follow me on twitter nia g3 Tiktok nia g3