The '80s was wild compared to my real small childhood, which was late '70s.

Rapping is talking and communicating, and that's always good.

Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.

Everybody thinks the grass is greener on the other side. If you talk to most artists, they think they can play something, you know, "If I had stayed playing football in high school, if I had been doing basketball..." Everybody's got their fantasies and thinks the grass is greener. It's not. It's not.

We're in this entertainment business really to give the audience what they want.

You want the industry to finally admit that you're good. But I'm still good without their admission.

The real is always presented. That hardcore record or movie is not needed in the hood, because it's already there. You can see it with your own eyes.