I make music cuz it's almost like I can escape everything I was involved in. All I gotta do is make music. I don't do nothin but make music.

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

I was competitive in the ring and hip-hop is competitive too... I think rappers condition themselves like boxers, so they all kind of feel like they're the champ.

Anybody who says that money don't change you - they only say that because they don't make enough.

Chris Lighty was a huge portion of my actual career. It's difficult to adjust to not have someone around that's in your life, in your life.

My past is my shadow, it follows me everywhere I go. Well, all those things come from when I had no other choice. They put my back against the wall. I do what I gotta do.

You know how a person is made for something? Eminem is made for hip-hop. The best rapper is a white man.