Make lines
TiaCorine fills the gap.
Recipient: Joey Echevarria
Editor’s Note: This article appears in the Fall 2025 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands now and available on the XXL website.
1. If I weren’t an artist, I would pass is a Physician’s assistant. i have a degree exercise physiology.
2. Being a mother has taught me How to communicate my emotions better and be more loving.
3. My best form of self-care is cut people offbut I should do more actually talking instead of walking away.
4. talk to my mom This is the way I feel most connected to my Native American heritage because she was born on an indian reservation.
5. My blood is also Japanese and I really want to Learn a language. This is definitely on my list of things to do before I die.
6. R&B Soul I want to incorporate more genres into my music.
7. If there were no social media, I would speak my mind There is more. I restrain myself because I Don’t want to be cancelled. I don’t want to hurt anyone.
8. I live in North Carolina now, but if i could move to Japan, I do. Immediately. I’m leaving.
9.My favorite anime is Inuyashabut death Note and Parasite: Maxim Also drugs.
10. If I were a superhero, I would be spider man so that i can Get up and go. I need to get out of here, or I can pick someone up. Like, “You get out of here.”
11. When I landed in North Carolina, the first person I thought of was Zoe, my daughter. she gave me a lot of happiness.
12.I can’t wait Gain more recognition as an artistI know I’m almost there, because It’s a matter of timing and I’m ready.
13. When all is said and done, I want to be remembered Just be a good person and truly uphold good values.
14. “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley This is what I dance to when no one is watching.
15. I laugh every time I think of you In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode, he puts one ice cube in his drink instead of two because So fucking funny.
16. I know it’s time to break off the relationship When someone triggers something that has broken me down in the past. Like, I’ve touched that button before, I know what it does.
17. My fashion sense is most inspired by my inner childhood.
18. My most memorable interaction with a fan is When I was proposed to after the Key Glock show.
19. My biggest dream collaboration is tyler, creator we might Create a new fucking genre Sing a song together.
20. Sade’s Love Deluxe Edition This was an album I could play non-stop while I was stranded on an island for a year.
The Fall 2025 issue of XXL Magazine featuring TiaCorine’s interview is available for purchase here. This issue also includes cover story interviews with Joey Bada$$ and JID, interviews with Chance The Rapper, Rob49, Curren$y, Hit-Boy, Wallo267, Bay Swag, KenTheMan, Hanumankind, Babyfxce E, Ghostface Killah, KenTheMan, Hurricane Wisdom, Conway The Machine, Pluto, Isaiah Falls, comedian Josh Joshson, vice president of music at SiriusXM and Pandora Joshua “J1” Raiford, looks back at how album releases have changed over the years, highlighting Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out album and more.
