I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.

Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears.

I don't really marinate in anybody's album because I don't really want to sound like anybody else when I put my album out. So I'd rather not even be tempted to listen to a bunch of other stuff with any degree of emersion in it, cause I just don't want to sound like anything else, so I kinda focus on my own music.

At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that.

My mother, I want her to like my music, but she's not exactly my target audience. So I care more about the fans in general, just making sure they enjoy what I do.

I don't get to listen to music for fun very often; a lot of what I'm hearing is for work and isn't released yet.

We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.