Q 01/05

Which rapper does NF call his prime influence, saying that at one point he listened to nothing else?

A) Tupac Shakur

B) Kanye West

C) Eminem

D) Lil Wayne

Answer · why

C) Eminem

Eminem is the one, though for style and instrumentation NF also credits two singers rather than fellow rappers.

Q 02/05

NF wrote his 2017 hit "Let You Down" about not wanting to disappoint which family member?

A) His father

B) His mother

C) His sister

D) His grandmother

Answer · why

A) His father

His father raised him after his parents divorced, and the song was the first time NF had spoken publicly about their relationship.

Q 03/05

As a kid in Michigan, the rapper NF made his early recordings using which unlikely device?

A) A toy keyboard

B) A karaoke machine

C) A cassette dictaphone

D) A camcorder

Answer · why

B) A karaoke machine

A karaoke machine did the job: he played the instrumental into one microphone and rapped into the other.

Q 04/05

On NF's 2015 album Mansion, the house of the title track and the cover art stands for what?

A) His fame

B) His church

C) His marriage

D) His mind

Answer · why

D) His mind

His mind is the house, he explained in a promo video for the album, and every song on it is a different emotion and a different story.

Q 05/05

Whose album The Big Day did NF's The Search beat to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2019?

A) Post Malone

B) Chance the Rapper

C) Tyler, the Creator

D) Lil Nas X

Answer · why

B) Chance the Rapper

Chance the Rapper was forecast to win the week, but NF finished 22,000 units ahead despite his rival's advantage in streaming.

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