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.

I'm from my hood, and everybody knows me in my neighborhood, and that's cool, I can do what I want over there, but in other people's neighborhoods, I can't.

The most popular rap artists aren't supposed to be rapping about being broke.

There was a long time in my life where I made music that I thought my friends would like, or that I thought would get me a record deal, or what I thought I was supposed to make because that's what I was seeing in mainstream. I didn't know myself; I didn't find myself musically or, in real life.

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 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.