Sometimes you have the trends that's not that cool. You may have certain artists portraying these trends and don't really have that lifestyle, and then it gives off the wrong thing. And it becomes kinda corny after awhile. It's really about keeping hip-hop original and pushing away the corniness in it.

It's a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.

K. Dot was a kid who was trying to find himself in music, finding trends, um, bending towards - ready to bend towards what the industry was telling me to do and after you mature at a certain time in your life, you come into your own...your own niche, your own personality, not only as an artist but as a person.

I started doing music when I was thirteen; I actually started writing my first rhymes.

Got in the studio at sixteen, [and] that's when I felt like I wanted to make this a career. I had a passion for it.

I can be calm and reflective from time to time and other times I can have a burst of energy, that's just me.

I can say is if anyone gets a chance to work with [Dr.]Dre, it's a moment you will always take with you throughout your career. And as of right now, the Compton album is the only thing to talk about.