HHDX: Most men would say off first look that a woman like you has to be stuck-up or some other negative comment. How should someone approach you if they’re trying to get closer to you?
JW: Just have normal conversation; don’t come to me with no wack shit. Like, “How are you doing, today?” Just keep it real. I really get stupid stuff. Usually people think that I’m stuck up. I don’t mean to look stuck up. Guys are really emotional. I don’t want to take the time or effort to put into a relationship. I’m focused on my craft. I’m stubborn. You’d never know if I liked you. I don’t think that I should have to take the initiative. If he does and says something, I don’t really go for it. I like to keep things at a friend level. I like to keep people at bay. I’m open and ready for disappointment, but I really don’t like to be let down.

HHDX: Your musical influences are a lot of West Coast artists. If you could do a track with any one artist, dead or alive, for your first single – who would it be and why?
JW: Tupac. He’s the greatest… dead or alive. We’d do a straight club song, in the vein of “How Do U Want It” or “California Love.” It would definitely be something that would go down in history.

HHDX: People think that your life must be perfect based upon your life. Talk about your hardest moment in life and how you preserved.
JW: When my brother passed away; I was in high school at the time. I graduated early and I had to figure out how to take care of my mom and all that. I just started grinding. I went to college and it wasn’t for me. That wasn’t where my heart was at. Music is what made me happy. It’s the only thing that helped me get through all that. Well that, my family and music.

HHDX: If I may ask, what did he pass away from?
JW: He died in a car accident.

HHDX: Last question… When you become successful – how do you manage being a new face in the spotlight with being regular ole’ Jenae?
JW: I’ll always be myself… always. I have never put up a front for anybody. I would tell an exec at a major label, “Fuck you,” if I had to. I don’t want to sugar coat anything about myself.