When I came out rapping on my record, a lot of people said, Oh, you just want to be like Puff.

My father was a promoter of Fresh Fest, and they needed an opening act. He got me a slot as a dancer. We tried it out the first time in Atlanta and the crowd went crazy. I was the opening clown.

So So Def has been one of the most successful and consistent labels in the game in the last 10 years.

People are just really overreacting. It's just feel good music. We at Virgin are in no way promoting sex or whatever these media outlets continue to print.

When I came out rapping on my record, a lot of people said, Oh, you just want to be like Puff.

I'm one of those guys a lot of people watch, imitate, and then make it seem like they were the ones who did it first.

People know me, and want to know me, as a baller more than anything else.