People think I'll kill you if you make a joke. I compare it to Clint Eastwood. I've only seen Clint Eastwood in movies. You think if you make a joke to Eastwood, he might shoot you.

A lot of people play single to work some angle. I'm always about keeping it real. If that's how I'm living, that's how I'm living.

...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.

It's just that when you heard hip-hop, no matter where you were, it was a culture that kind of made you want to try to be part of it. Whether you thought you were an artist, whether you thought you could be a DJ, whether you thought you could breakdance, or whether you thought you could rap. It was the kind of culture that had a lot of open doors.

If you really listen to my music my music is more like stories than party records. I never made party records.

Half the rhymes you write, you're saying that you're better than the other MC. That's how we keep the craft sharp.

The more you try to suppress us, the larger we get.