I don't rhyme for the sake of riddlin'. If I say it, I gotta be able to back it up.

When the President (of the United States) mentions your name in anger, you know the sh*t has hit the fan!

I was a full-blown street cat. I was trying to hustle my way. I thought I was going to hustle my way to a mansion or something. I was doing pretty good, but I didn't realize that there was no way to win that game.

If somebody wants to kill people, they don't need a gun to do it.

My father died early. My mother died early. I started hanging with the gangs. I'm on the streets; I'm committing crimes. And the music came along, and this music just took me on a different road.

Another thing about me 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 have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap.