I feel like pain is the quickest way to relate to someone because everybody has been through that and everybody has had a heartbreak.

I'm not afraid to have the ratchet side because that's a part of me too. I like to turn up, I am from Oakland. But at the same time, there's still a classy side to me that I've seen in Oakland as well.

When you have somebody who takes their craft seriously, you don't have to babysit them and be there all the time.

I can't be passionate about something that I don't understand. In my music, I feel that's why people can connect so well with it because it's all honest.

If I had to collaborate with anybody on a song, I would pick Kendrick Lamar because he is so dope as an artist and I love his hustle and his passion. He is fearless and the way he comes to the music is like we share the same passion for what we do and with somebody from the West. In my opinion that would be a great collaboration.

I don't like to veer away from the truth because I think that's what people have fallen in love with about my music. It's honest. I can't portray to you something that I've never been through or something I didn't watch someone close to me go through. It's the best way for people to get to me know.

I feel that when you have a passion and you are real, you last throughout the ages and you're able to reincarnate your artistry numerous times.