I might tell a story about somebody else, but I don't sit there and do a story about somebody snitching on me selling coke because people know I didn't sell coke. So I just try to keep it real but still try to do it in a creative way.

I kind of grew up and started maturing.

Most people hear me do all these freestyles and never hear me tell a story.

America is fascinated with seeing people have nothing and turn it to something.

I feel like people, when it comes to music, whatever genre, they relate to the story more than just the song.

When you grow up and you start having all these problems and your little sister gets pregnant, you're dealing with all these money problems and bills and the company, you ain't going to want to talk about that. Or maybe you will, but me personally, I just can't do that.

Every underground artist has that little chip on his shoulder, like "I'm stuck here, and I'm trying to get out of this little hole that I'm in." You've got this core fan base, but it's limited.