How am I influencing so many people on this stage rather than influencing the ones that I have back home?

I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have the recognition that I have now.

Colorism is not a good thing, especially when you're Black.

We all, we all good people just trying to escape the negative influence that come around us and that's the story of my life, you know? Trying my best to get around the ills and I bumped my head a few times but I think, you know, music is my savior for right now, for me and my whole group.

But what love got to do with it when you don't love yourself ?

There are so many people pulling at me at one time - some want the business, some want my love, some just want my support, just to be there or to acknowledge them the same way I used to. To be able to figure that out is an ongoing process, because there's always another show, another album, another moment that I don't want to miss. But I'm pacing myself. I hope the powers that be keep me on a straight course.

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