I dress how I feel. I just go off emotion. I can't prepare my outfit a day before. Everything I wear is spontaneous.

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.

So for me, fashion was about standing out as an individual - and it helped me get the attention that most people try to get with publicity stunts or by doing other crazy things. But I just let the attention come to me naturally, and I think some of that has to do with my fashion.

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

There's just so much out there and so much inspiration... I just want to be tasteful.

I treat everybody equal, and so I want to be sure that my listeners and my followers do the same if they're gonna represent me. And if I'm gonna represent them, then I also want to do it in a good way.

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