The truth is, everybody I've ever met who's successful is a workaholic.

I have to take what I say and make it heavy, so every single bar means something. And there's no riddles in my rhymes. Every single word means something.

I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.

When I make records I have full control of everything and I know how it sounds before it comes out, with films it's outta my hands.

There's a lot of films I've done I don't ever wanna see again.

Dealing with the old school rappers, you see a lot of humility. When you're new, nothing is wrong. Everything is tight. Because you're trying to hype the world into believing in you.

You know, I say in my lyrics, "Every word I write will be analyzed by somebody white." It's just that I know that this sh*t is just not gonna fall on deaf ears.