Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.

It's not necessarily a church theme and it's not really about church. I like my album themes to be metaphors because it gives me the freedom to speak about something else that's going on in my life, so the Born Sinner thing is not about church, it's not even about religion. It's using that as canvas to get other messages across and that's what the album will be.

I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.

The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.

I feel like I'm a New Yorker because I really know the city. I actually tell the drivers where to go - I have this bad habit, I always question the drivers. I do that all the time because I feel like I know the best way, when really it's like, 'Yo, man, shut up. This dude does this every day of his life.'

I want people to follow their dreams, yes but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers I want to show them that there's so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player.

I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.