Rapper Jack Harlow on How It Feels to Control a Crowd of Fans
Bazaar’s 2022 Icons issue celebrates a rising generation of stars—people 30 years old or younger—who are making an impact on the world through their ideas and their art. Here, we talk to rapper Jack Harlow about how it feels to connect with fans.
“When I hear the word icon, I think of someone larger than life. Someone people love or hate but they feel strongly about. Someone who has a lasting effect. I wish I could have met David Bowie. I feel like he was insightful.
The piece of advice I ever got was from my dad: Make good decisions. Every decision can alter your whole life path, so it’s crucial you make good ones. Simple quote, but it sticks with me.
There’s no better indication that you’ve made it than going outside and people wanting something from you—wanting to talk to you or wanting a picture. Summer of 2020, when I started to walk around Piedmont Park in Atlanta a lot and people would stop and be blown away: that was the moment when I realized I was famous.
I feel the most iconic on stage, at a big festival or in a big sold-out room, when I control a crowd, when everything I say is going over and I just have this connection with thousands of people.
I would like people to think of me as real and one of one. And I’d like for people to know me as someone who gave back and lifted the community he’s from up. I’d like for Kentucky to be different after I leave earth and for people to have a better life because of it.”
Read more from Bazaar’s 2022 Icons issue.
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