90% trust peers on social networks (even strangers); only 15-18% trust brands.

The reason I never wanted to sign with a big label was because I didn't want no one telling me how to make my music.

I like seeing people that are into my music, it shows me that it doesn't matter, you can't judge a person based on how they look, and that's just how my music is.

I think me leaving Detroit shaped my style. Me leaving, going to New York, going to L.A. and seeing what they were doing there. I think that inspired me more than what people were doing back home.

I used to rap as a kid and people were impressed by it, so it gave me the drive to keep going. Everybody has at least one talent. I guess this is my talent.

90% trust peers on social networks (even strangers); only 15-18% trust brands.

From an early age, music was my only thing. You come from Detroit, you learn how to make the most of what you can do best.