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MEMPHY wears DRESS by ROBERTO CAVALLI, SHOES are STYLIST’S OWN

MEMPHY wears DRESS by DI PETSA, SHOES and SOCKS are STYLIST’S OWN, BRADY and BRANDON wear PANTS by THE ORIGINAL PATTERN, SHOES by MANOLO BLAHNIK

SAUSHA  Okay, so what’s up? I was honestly excited when I was asked to do this, because I love any chance I get to be on my Wendy Williams shit, so I’m going to really try and embrace it.

 

MEMPHY  Let’s get into it.

 

 But first, let’s talk about how we met because the first time you ever even came into my consciousness, I was at Spectrum or something, chilling by the bar. It had to be 2016 or ’17, something crazy like that. Maybe a little bit later. All of a sudden, I hear somebody from behind me being like, “I just graduated high school today. Yes, I just graduated high school.” I turned the fuck around like, “Who is this little girl? Somebody get her out of here.” I was so shook at the time. It was so funny.

 

 [Laughs] And then I looked at you like, “This little girl is me. What’s up?”

 

 What was it like growing up in New York?

 

 For me, it was cool.

 

 I know you fucked your high school bully a little bit.

 

 That I did. Honestly growing up in New York was lit. In school we had “out” lunch, which meant that we could leave for the hour so we never really had a cafeteria moment. There were also no proper school sports — I feel like most high schools have a football team or bleachers, whatever.

 

 You were just on the streets from a very young fucking age.

 

 Yeah. Lunch break and the girls are crossing the street, smoking their cigarettes outside. I was always super down to explore. I would always go to Tompkins and hang out with the skaters, that’s how I really started meeting people. It’s how I met Gia who took me to one of my first raves.

 

 And you were always around older people, which I related to. I was always the young one, until you came around and took that crown from me. So, let’s talk about how you got into music. I feel like a lot of people don’t know about your dad and his music legacy. 

 

Read the rest of this cover story in issue 21. 

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