When people put labels on us, it doesn't always enclose everything that we are. So even though I'm proud to be Somali, I'm proud to be American, at the end of the day, I'm still Halima, and I take things from both sides and combine them, and I make my own little category. I'm me!

At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.

I mix things from my Somali culture and my American side.

Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.

I have an office full of product from brands trying to be in videos and an inbox full of songs from artists, but at the end of the day if the artist doesn't support the brand or it doesn't make sense for the song, then it will never work. What we do is try to pair them up so that both sides are happy.

I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to.