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18 Mar, 2014

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Seacrest interviews Blacc during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions him about how he got his name.

As a hip-hop enthusiast starting really young, I wanted to choose a name that described my rhyme style and I’m a smooth rapper, so I chose Aloe to represent smooth, but it followed me into my singing career, which was sort of accidental.

11 Mar, 2014

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Seacrest interviews Blacc during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions him about the advise Dr. Dre gave him.

He said basically, that I could do better. I just needed to figure out a way to be as effective as a Marvin Gaye. Somebody who is able to be masculine and still represent music that crossed for women and men. I think I was able to do that with ‘The Man.

30 Jan, 2014

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Seacrest interviews Blacc during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and asks him who he would like to work with in the future.

If I could work with Christina Aguilera that would be fantastic because I really respect her voice and her singing skills. So if I could write a song with her and bring it to the marketplace and see what people think, it’d be great.