<a href="https://pagesix.com/2018/10/18/rapper-dave-east-says-his-good-looks-helped-him-when-he-was-homeless/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Page Six</a> asked Harlem rapper <a href="/profile/daveeast" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Dave East</a> to describe what helped him survive a period of homelessness, and the answer might come as a bit of a surprise. According to East, it&#8217;s his self-described &#8220;good looks&#8221; that proved an invaluable tool as he meandered from one bedfellow to another. East described the situation as such:
“Yep, I have had the experience of being homeless. I had slept in cars for a minute. I was homeless throughout the whole year,” East told Page Six while  Irving Plaza when they crossed paths at the &#8220;Hoodies for the Homeless&#8221; benefit in New York City. “It was more (that) I did not want to ask my moms and pops at the time (for financial aid), and I felt like I was grown so I went through my little phase.&#8221; 
He later added that he stayed with a couple girls on the low. &#8220;I stayed with a couple of girls . . . shout-out to them, they know who they are,&#8221; he said in appreciation. Even The Queen, <a href="/profile/NickiMinaj" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Nicki Minaj</a> fancies a little sprinkle of Dave East in her concoction of the perfection male suitor. You&#8217;ve listened to &#8220;Barbie Dreams,&#8221; I don&#8217;t have to tell you twice.
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