There are a few things Masego can't live without when he hits the road.
From Uno cards and Calvin Klein All cologne to his gigantic water bottle and his trap house cash, these are Masego's travel essentials.
Masego recently released “Passport,” the latest offering from his upcoming project: a concept EP and his most refreshing interpretation of traphousejazz yet, out later this year via EQT Recordings and Capitol Records.
- You know, when I wear thejackets all of a sudden,I'm Wolverine, you know?And I love it for the, look,I'm over here, seducing myself,yo, what's up GQ?
This is Masegoand these are "My 10 Essentials."[upbeat music]First we have Yankee candle, I get it,there's probably like a soycandle I should be usingor something environmentally amazing,but these smell great to me.I bring them everywhere on tour,like, I don't have a lot of thingsthat I get upset about,but if this is not near me, I need that.I don't know if you'venoticed, I have large nostrils.The internet is surely noticed.This helps that struggleto breathe in so much,pink sands, I'm only getting pink sands,I literally have a stocksupply at my house.It smells like, okay, you got the beach,just pick any beach andthen there's a private beachthat somebody boughtthat they really make a fussif you step on their property,that's what it smells like,the untouched promised land.I have this layover, in Moscowfor like 13 hours in the airport.So I just go in the candleshop and I smell everythingand pink sands is the one.They got this in sprays,car fresheners, oilsI got all of it, it's in the kitchenit's in the bathroom, bedroomstudio, guestroom, foyer,I come home and the candles lit,I don't know who did it,it's lit though.We have Phillips Huelight, based in Amsterdam,this is the mood setter,who put me on to this?I think it was Roswell.Roswell is one of my most techie friends,I used to work at BestBuy too and so did he.And he was like, yo man, these Hue lights.And I was like, this is stupid,why would you want to have colored lights?Now that I have money, I understandlike every single house,like light bulb in my home are these.Seriously as a creative,I love certain colorsbecause it keeps me in a mood,I feel like purples and pinksmake me make a certain type of music.My roommate loves the red for some reason,so he's currently intherapy to figure out why,I have some friends that love bluesome love green,but and as a host a lot,I love for people to feel comfortable.So I'm like, you know, whatcolor do you create with best?And I just set the house lights to that.I got it from a parents,I got it from my homies,I just, I think you neededat least one Hue light.Uno cards, ever I'mtraveling whenever, likepeople are bored wheneverwe're trying to like make time,go by, I like this game, Ilove this game, actually,we get the gamble with it and the band,we get to do truth or darewith it and I love that,it's just numbers and colors,like I go anywhere in the world,people understand how to play Uno,I can teach them a little quickkeeping their Spirit's high.And I still can't shuffle.I just think it's anice game to figure out,How do you take defeat?Like, are you a sore loser?I like to see like, howare you under pressure?I actually have Uno music,that I have a playlist ofwhich it really soundslike you're on survivor.I don't think I'mcompetitive, I just win a lot.Next, we have Bose headphones,I really should've just called my inhalerbecause if I don't listen to musicbefore any human interaction, I am a jerk.So I feel like I love that this is likea form of meditationand therapy and health.I can just be in my own little world,play some on my playlistand then I'm good.I think they're just made welllike it has noise cancellation,that's really good.I like the wireless ones,just because the shawtytalk to you, you knowI don't like to talkunless it's about likea topic that I enjoybut the thing is we wantto talk with me about,I was like, eh, so being tall,like, what's that like?So I like to avoid verysmall talk as they call.This is the small talk avoider.I bought, this is the shuffle,I don't like to be in my phone,I feel like all, Ireally should use it foris listening to music.So I was like, all right, get the phone,I'm more of a letters guy.It's cool because you haveto put things on here,you can't just search itup, you can't be spoiled,you, appreciate whatyou took the time curateAnd I'm really big on playliststhat I received from peopleand that I make myself,so I like to have a coupleof different moves in here.And then I go find thatiPod when I'm in that mood,I'm not burning battery'cause I'm over here,emailing and Instagramming.It's just literally for music only,I first got the one that FiftyCent had in his music video.He claims he was theone that made everybodythink it's cool, I believedit enough to buy that one,so maybe he's right.Under appreciated item,look at the phones,get back to the iPads sponsoring me Apple.We have Calvin Klein All,people ask what I wear?And I see the comments,Like he probably smell likeShea butter and coconut and kindness,I probably disappointed me with this.I love this particularsmell of Calvin Klein,I really have to searchto find this one for whatever reason.And this was that same 13hour layover in Moscow,I smelled every single Cologne, the Musk,the drive of this one sweet,this is the one that I most enjoyed,it's not real obnoxious,like you're sitting nextto the man on the planeand just like, we get it you're Tom Ford,but this is like a reallylike who's what is that?That gumption like you, youdon't even know who did itbut it's like, yo,you make good music.This is expensive andalso it's hard to find.so I'm not going to just wake up likeyep, all right, about to go eat oat milk,gotta smell like golden,but when it's time to showsomebody who in the roomyou put on that All,that's a commercial too come on now,when I put this onand I'm around a youknow, people with noses,they appreciate the scent.And see, I put the cologne onand it's attracting someoneto walk in the room,no, please- Come in or not.- [laughing] The part of the cologne,I'm trying to tell y'all.For my next item, we havecourtesy of my cousin in Jamaica,Melatonin Sleep Science Nutraspray,I struggle, with sleeplike any other entertainer or whatever.I don't know like this works,I don't even know what to tell you.Like at the end of theday, a couple of sprays,I got my eight of sleep, I'm happy,my skin doesn't go crazy.So now I have a stock supply of these,this is like an under thetongue type ting, orange flavor.You really feel it likeright under your eyes.It's just like, all right,hey, and it's not forcing you,it's not nosy quilting,no shade is equallyI had some good years with them,but it's like, no grogginess,it's a nice little flow,and it's like, hey, hey,hey, you want to dream?I'm like, I would loveto dream, thank you,I'll go dream, now.Water, I drink a gallon aday, you should do it too.There was a guy name named Seid,he walked into my studio with a canistersimilar to this, but smallerme being modern day Emperor Cusco,I found a better version of itand this is, this looks like me,it's a tall, black, solidindividual, it's elegant,it's called Manna and it hasthis Pokemon like symbol on it,like it's the water Pokemon,so it makes me laugh alittle bit [drinking water]Keeps it cold for fivedays or your money back.I'm here to tell people, you'rethe reason why you're tired,there's your energy rightthere, get you some.I mean, You know what I mean?I'm here to let them know,they need some Manna,and notice sounds strong too?This is like what the juggernautwould walk around with.And it's not compensating for anythinglike this is all of me looks like this.You know, old B wouldn'thave brought this on tour,but maybe the new me should.We have silk,I don't wear soak every daybut I have some aspect ofit involved in my life.Whether it's the bedsheets,whether it's a silk bonnet,silk durag, a silk shirt, silver is nicer,everyone thinks I wear it,so I'm like, all right,they keep giving me free silk things,It's just, it's a thing, I don't know,I'm kind of stuck with it.Clothes make me become certain characters,and as a Gemini,I need a way to filter throughall these people within me,the silk shirt, it just,it really activates a veryelegant version of myself.You know, you can't just wear a silk,without the rings, withoutthe drip as the kids say,it makes you become this like this guyand I think it's fun.When I was making my last album,or "The lady lady album,"it kind of felt like silk.And it's kind of like anatural graduation from Hawaiian shirts.'Cause I used to be at the thrift storesbuying up all the Hawaiianshirts for a quarter.And then, you know, whenI got a little more MannaI bought some silk shirtsand it just kind of wentfrom there, you know?'Cause I always loved the patternsand all of the things thatcame with Hawaiian shirts,but then it got a little too vacation,a little too "Evens Stevens" the movie,so we had to upgrade itand then here I am today.[cash machine popping]Well, for my final item, I havecurrency with my face on it.I like to call it Trap House cash.It started when I was travelingand I got in love withthe way that everyone's currency looksversus American currency.I have a friend named Nancyand she designed all thecurrencies in the world,but my face on,but like in a very tasteful creative way,because like this looks like a Euro,even with the US currency,I think this is nice too.And then the cool thing about is,I ran it down at the end of my showsand it doubles as a business card,so it has my socials right here,And it also says in yams we trust,because I like yams, I feellike the underappreciated.So like we would just ranit down, stripper style,People would end up calling me,emailing me, and we'd get abunch of gigs because of it.So it was cool over the years,you know, people have judgedand I'm not going to callyou names out, you know,50 cent you know whatI'm saying?
Snoop dog,but it's cool, you know,I'm here to inspire.I have gotten in trouble inmultiple countries because,other people tried to pay withmy money and they blame me.Like I caused it, I don'tmake dishonest people,They make themselves.Yo GQ, thanks for spending time with me,This is Masego and these aremy these were my 10 Central.