You have to stay focused because a lot of things will break your confidence. But if you stay focused and want it bad enough you can achieve. I know that sounds like a PBS special, but it's true, straight up.

I go out in the streets, and I go to shows, and I see my fans turn from "I like your last rap" to "I feel your movement; you're keeping it all the way real." One thing I've always said is that's never been my story, and I'm not going to go back on my word.

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.

If you're a humble person, and you walk in, and you start talking, people are going to be able to tell. You can't fake it.

A moment will pass, but a movement will last.

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

I'm trying to go to places where people wouldn't normally, to try to get some new fans.