People don't make albums any more. It's always about singles. I wanted to take that old-school approach.

New York gave me hell for that 'Purple Swag,' man. They didn't respect me until 'Peso.'

I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am.

You wouldn't take me to be a Skrillex fan, but honestly, when I'm at his shows, I get high and liquored up, and I just go in the crowd and start raving.

It bring a tear to my eye to see native New York people give me my props because New York is stubborn and arrogant.

For me, growing up in Harlem and then migrating down to SoHo and the Lower East Side and chillin' down there and making that my stomping ground... That was a big thing, because I'm from Harlem, and downtown is more artsy and also more open-minded. So I got the best of both worlds.

I wanted to model when I was younger.