I just try to be more creative and come with something new because I actually care about the music.

If nobody wants to buy your album, who's going to buy your clothes?

These palm trees like my old homeboys, hella shady

It would be crazy for me to come out now talking about selling drugs and doing all this stuff I never did for the sake of A&R or records or trying to keep the street buzz or whatever.

The streets and the industry are two different things. You could be one super-hot artist in the streets, and you could walk into a corporate building, and people would be like, "Who are you?"

When I'm riding in a car, I don't really listen to music. I turn the radio off and just be thinking, brainstorming. I'm one of these people that just like to brainstorm.

I'm one of these people that just like to brainstorm.