I think it's important to say something. If you're making music it's kinda' like, oh, cool, so is everyone else.

I just want to make music that matters, that people will remember for a long time.

Sometimes when you meet stars, on one hand you're like, "You're who I'm inspired by, you're who I look up to." On the other hand you're like, "I wanna be in the same kind of shoes that you're in." That's how I've always seen myself. Some of me is star-struck, some of me feels like I'm looking at a peer. They're another person who sees the world the same way I do, who already did it. It's inspiring.

I think, back in the day, when I was first starting to make music, all I wanted to do was to get a record deal.

I don't come to Toronto often, so when I'm there it's always special and rare which I think makes it very exciting for my fans.

If I didn't make a single song in two months, I'm slippin'. You can't just party every night.

If you think about rap and how it has become so much easier to record music and release it, and you think about everyone in the world being a 'rapper' these days, it's so much easier. But it's still as hard as ever to break through and truly be successful in this industry.