Flo Milli's Style Tastes Like New Orleans Jambalaya
The 20-year-old, Alabama-born rapper answers our very own GARAGE Questionnaire.
Photograph by Vonsin Faniyi
Welcome to the GARAGE Questionnaire— a set of questions for our times, with inquiries that range from delicate to unhinged—all the better to peer into the multifaceted minds of our creative heroes.
Flo Milli’s M.O. as a rapper is a form of ultra-confident, infectious brazenness. Look no further than her viral, breakout single “Beef FloMix,” where Milli ricochets through disorienting playground beats and helium-laden giggles while reminding all of us how she is a molotov cocktail of petty, hot, and low on patience. “I do what I please and you do what I ask / He love my confidence and that's what you lack,” she raps in one of the song’s most memorable moments.
Her ascent has been swift. “Beef FloMix” quickly became unavoidable, popping up all over TikTok and seemingly every other corner of the internet. Within a year, she had signed to RCA and released her debut record, Ho, Why is You Here? and proved herself to be more than a one-hit internet phenomenon. Entirely still inescapable, Flo Milli has continued to make herself more than known. Fortunately for us, she’s brought her humor and precision to answer the GARAGE Questionnaire.
Instagram Live or Zoom?
Zoom. I don't like giving off too much to people I don't know, like on Live.
Are memes art?
Most definitely, I genuinely believe this.
If you could live somewhere different for a year, where would it be
Ghana, Africa.
What’s your most used emoji?
The crying emoji. I use it to describe laughing, though not crying.
How old are you at heart?
60.
What is the most useful thing you own?
My mouth and my brain.
Pen or Pencil?
Pen.
Something that annoys everyone but you love?
When people double text.
What is the last thing you Googled?
“Aquarius personalities.”
Would you rather maintain a young mind or young body?
Young body, for sure.
What would God say if you arrived in Heaven?
“Well done.”
What superpower would you have?
To freeze time / time travel.
What is something you would never wear?
Overalls / suspenders.
If you had to introduce yourself to someone via a meal, what would it be
Meatballs, collard greens, cornbread, mac and cheese, and baked fish.
Best thing you've cooked in quarantine?
I'll be honest, I haven't cooked shit.
Favorite Problematic person?
Summer Walker.
What do you miss the most right now?
I miss going to daycare. Daycare as a kid was so fun, I would teach all the other kids how to dance.
What would your style taste like?
New Orleans jambalaya.
What is your Quarantine outfit?
T-shirt with boy shorts.
What was your mother right about all along?
Mufuckas ain't really your friend.