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<p><strong>City Girls</strong> rapper <strong>JT</strong> is reflecting on her &#8220;roots&#8221; while discussing what the future holds for her superstar career!</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">The Artist Says She&#8217;s Getting &#8220;Raw&#8221; With Her First Solo Project</h3>
<p>JT shared her commentary during a Q&;A with fellow &#8220;Muñekita&#8221; artist <strong>Kali </strong><b>Uchis</b> for <a href="https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/jt-and-kali-uchis-on-men-money-and-making-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Interview Magazine</em></a>.</p>
<p>During the chat, JT spent some time reflecting on how — although she gave up living in Miami for a bi-coastal lifestyle between LA and New York City — she still proudly boasts her South Florida outlook.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I love Miami so much, even though I don&#8217;t live there because of the trauma. But I still talk like I&#8217;m from Miami. I still walk like I&#8217;m from Miami. I still rap like I&#8217;m from Miami.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>She also noted that her OG hometown fans keep her from veering into &#8220;more commercialized music,&#8221; and she&#8217;s looking to embrace this vibe by getting back to her &#8220;roots.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;And when I do something good, the hood always calls me. When I stray and do more commercialized music, they don&#8217;t be feeling it, but when I do my little hood one-two, they be like, &#8216;That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m talking about.&#8217; That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m going to lean into more when I do my first project. My roots.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>JT warmly added, <strong><em>&#8220;And just give it to them raw because raw b***hes is winning right now.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<p>On top of giving her fans what they want, she acknowledged, <strong><em>&#8220;I just want to push the limit. I want to make girls like me believe they could do it, for real.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">JT Says She Hopes To &#8220;Get More Into Community Work&#8221;</h3>
<p>Speaking of her roots, the &#8220;Where The Bag At?&#8221; rapper reflected on how she aspires to achieve the same belief in herself that she once had, as she feels &#8220;the industry sucked that out.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I want to have that same belief in myself that I had years ago, and I feel like the industry sucked that out of all of us. We stopped believing in ourselves, how we was when we had nothing and our backs was against the wall.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>The artist continued, <strong><em>&#8220;Now we&#8217;re up against bigger machines, but I want to get back into that space, like tunnel vision.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<p>Additionally, JT said she&#8217;s been &#8220;having these little talks&#8221; with herself to provide self-assurance as she tries to reach new &#8220;levels&#8221; in her career.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been having these little talks with myself. I know I could get on these levels because I have the talent, but I&#8217;m not really in my own space to the point that I&#8217;m nominated, and those are things I want to see for myself.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Kali Uchis agreed and acknowledged the power of manifestation by noting, <strong><em>&#8220;Visualizing is definitely the first step, and it&#8217;s good that you have such a strong vision for what you want for yourself.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<p>As far as what the future holds for JT, she hinted that the next City Girls album will arrive later this month. Additionally, she hopes to release a &#8220;raw, grungy&#8221; EP in early 2024.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I really want my first EP to have that raw, grungy sound. I wanted to do that for my birthday, but I think it&#8217;s too soon because I&#8217;m so picky. So probably the top of next year.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>She also said she wants to give back to the community more.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I want to get more into community work. I really want to get back into the prison system to help out people and families. I want to be remembered for doing good in the world. I know it’s a clichéd answer, but it’s so serious coming from me.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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