One thing you should know about me is I never play to lose, Always aim high and rarely obey the rules.

In my mind, New York was the place where they had the underground rap shows and I could get in on some ciphers and just rap. This whole fantasy world I had created in my head about New York just from listening to the music my whole life, like, I'ma go up there and do that. But when I came up here, there was none of that, that scene was dead.

Anything I do, I want to do it well.

College had a great deal to do with my development as a person. I don't know if I'd be the artist I was if it wasn't for goin' to school like that. School is a good place - it ain't for everybody, but I think it's for most people.

How big can you be if just the underground niggas know you? You can't buy your mom a house when you just an underground celebrity.

Rhyme patterns are nothing without meanings to the words. A lot of rappers can do those flows, but the raps aren't really about anything - which is cool sometimes, but to have the flow and the message is one of my favorite things.

Either you play the game or let the game play you and be that broke sucka talkin bout I stayed true