I didnt grow up around all white people; I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop, Ive never wanted to speak to an all-white audience.

It's a really good time for California right now in music.

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.

I always think I'm going to record a lot on tour but it's always hard to fit it in the schedule, and there's a whole lotta' other extra curricular activities that happen on the road.

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

I wear what I like to wear, I don't pick out clothes to try to fit in or whatever, I just like what I like.

I think it's important to evolve and grow and take risks creatively, instead of repeating yourself and doing the same thing over and over.