I was surrounded by too many people who felt that they had a strong sense of entitlement. That I owed them something.

2Pac wrote about life threatening situations after being shot so often, it made it seem like he was obsessed with it. He even wrote music and material that he left behind after he died that made reference to him dying already. I think the significance in that ties back to us knowing that that's our fate.

50 Cent is a metaphor for "change". But originally it was a gangster from Fort Greene Projects named 50 Cent and I took the name when he passed and because he's not active, I thought it'd be cool to take it.

what comes around goes around.

If I don't make music I'm going back to the hood. I'll sell crack. I'm gonna go back to sell crack if I can't make it in the music business and that's what I was doing before that.

It's not funny when you actually get shot, but afterwards, yeah, it's funny.

The opportunity and the concept of merging music culture with actual boxing is exciting. It's bringing a younger demographic to the sport.