You know, I think when people fly the nest a little too soon, as far as getting involved in movies, anything beyond the music can make it suffer, I just want to make sure that I'm not that guy.

I think the hip hop world and the rock world still have a lot in common, but it certainly seems like things happen and break at a much faster pace in the hip hop world.

The same things go on everywhere, whether you're from the city, the country or wherever.

In the rural South, 'Bubba' is like how people say 'dude' in California. It's a name for a regular Southern man. I know a Chinese Bubba, a black Bubba.

I feel that my ear candy is a little different from the ear candy most people are receiving right now.

A lot of people thought I was going to be a one-hit wonder, so I had that chip on my shoulder.

I wanted to tell my story in a way I haven't done before, things I've been going through in my life.