The people definitely shape the two, put stamps and classify mainstream and underground music.

I went back and studied the game, was a student of the game and worked on my craft and dedicated myself, you know? A lot of my music revolves around me growing up in Compton. I want to tell a different story that's never been told before, of a good kid in a mad city.

Hip-hop is not the problem, our reality is the problem.

Groups break up because they never got across what they wanted to do personally, and they have creative differences, and egos start to clash.

People gonna be they own individuals and have they own worlds and I can't knock it.

When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you're trying to do. And I've seen artists get caught up in that.

I was a black sheep, but now I'm just a goat