The times that we are in, it's something that you can only feel in the air. You don't even have to talk about it. You don't need the news or the Internet to watch it. You can walk outside and just feel it.

My mom's one of 13 siblings, and they all got six kids, and till I was 13 everybody was in Compton.

It's a long time coming as far as the work that I put in. Now I know that I got the stamp but what counts is what comes behind. That's what's really important. Upholding that stamp and not only keeping the energy my way but also spreading that energy out to other artists that are coming up on the West Coast.

My folks ain't graduated from high school or nothing like that, so we always had to struggle in the family - and I come from a big family.

I am a sinner....who's probably gonna sin again...Lord forgive me!

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.

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