My making it is a combination of grinding, grinding, grinding and being lucky enough to finally get a shot.

You could put me on any track. I support that one million percent. Whatever the track is, I'm going to smash it. Believe that.

I love hip-hop, because you can do this like that and still be super successful! You ain't gotta hold your tongue.

Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a platform where we could offer information, but it's also an escape.

The personal threat is something that's always been a part of our lives.

My thinking is that if we're going to take from a culture, let's take from a culture that has exemplified success for thousands of years.

I will be so glad to take the picture and pose and look good for the picture. But when you catch me while I'm looking real sideways and the picture's ugly as hell, I don't want you to have the picture like that!