It was just cool to see my friends so inspired, and I'm by no means the biggest rapper in the world, but I'm on my way up. I feel like I'm going to keep going and delivering good music every time. It was cool to show people that it's real to do what you want to do.

Lil Wayne is somebody who I used to ride to school listening to in my car. You know from Tha Carter to Tha Carter II, to Dedication 1 & 2, to Da Drought, his mixtapes. You know you got that for him as him being a rap legend, somebody who you look up to.

I think it's tacky to have chains that go all the way down to your crotch.

My mom keeps me going, man. She deserves such a good life. I just wanna give it to her. My dad, too. My family, my friends, they keep me motivated. Just knowing my personal legend, just knowing what I'm supposed to do, that keeps me going.

I just wanted to do something that had some meaning that I can look back and be proud of, that my family can look back and be proud of.

There are so many people with great work ethics that I've been around. I try and take the best qualities from the people I admire and apply it to my own self.

Used to tell me the sky's the limit, now the sky is our point of view.