All of the young people - the artsy people, people who get overlooked because they're weird or they don't have hype around them - need to get some shine.

I wanna make music that I feel proud of when I'm onstage, that I feel like I put my all into.

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

I want to be the first guy to help people accept everybody for who they are. I'm talking about colors, religions, sex, everybody. My music is for everybody, it's not just for one kind of group.

I want to inspire people to really open up their minds and not be one-sided or biased or hypocritical.

I'm from New York and I love New York and I'm always repping New York, but what I represent is something deeper than just being a New York rapper.

I hate the hype. When 50 Cent came out, people were saying that he was the best rapper alive: "Oh, he got shot nine times, he's better than Tupac, he's better than Biggie." That was all hype.