I was inspired by, when I was in college, seeing some incredible speakers come to my school: Michael Eric Dyson, Spike Lee, Nikki Giovanni, and other poets and writers. I always loved that experience: going and sitting in an auditorium and listening to their opinions.

Keep grindin' boy, your life can change in one year, And even when it's dark out, the sun is shining somewhere

The music becomes more pure and soulful when it's true, and it has to be true these days with the way the internet works, and the way the game works, everyone wants authentic raps.

I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me.

I'm a super-duper over-analyzer. You mix that with self-doubt and pressure, and that's never healthy.

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.

My goal is to have that be a haven for families.