I don't know where people think I'm from, but I'm from Chicago. It's really just that. People wanna romanticize it and say, 'There's two sides to it, and it's a beautiful love/hate story of violence and music.' But it's really just a very scummy place where people don't have respect for other people's lives.

Depending on the story that you're telling, you can be relatable to everybody or nobody. I try and tell everybody's story.

Both of my parents graduated from high school, both attended college, both have government jobs now. They've always been very adamant about me finishing high school and finishing college.

Kanye took me from a kid who listened to music to a kid who lived music.

Everybody's somebody's everything

For me, performing is the biggest part of being a rapper. There's nothing like the feeling of screaming your story to people.

My favorite artist in the world is Michael Jackson, and he revolutionized the music video aspect of music.