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

If one person comes in and says, this is the way life should be, I think you're asking for chaos. I think you gotta let different people live different ways. It's a big world.

Rap music came along and saved my life. I started to tell the stories of the streets and that was my way out.

You can't come out on a record dissing the system and be on a label that's connected to the system.

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

When I got a chance to rap, I just busted my ass. When I got a chance to act, I busted my ass. Anytime I get a chance. I'm not wasting time. I won't do it if I'm not doing it 110 percent. You've got to work hard if you want to play hard. I like to play, but I know I gotta bust my ass.

The rock'n'roll lifestyle really is available to anybody that's got money. Honestly. Once you get money, if you interview a hundred people with money, they'll all sound like rock stars.