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Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire and his Peel Off crew drove the 1,750 miles to SXSW in a rental van, giving eX room to pack oddball, weather-bucking essentials like the broad fur hat he wore to the FADER FORT Presented by Converse. Just before his champagne-drenched FORT performance, two days after he signed with Universal Republic, we talked with eX about staying creative on a major, moving out of the projects and ignoring the weather.