Color don't tell if people Black. It's the soul.

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

I'm listening to a lot of oldies.A lot of Al Green, Marvin Gaye. Luther Vandross... they were some of my icons.

My pops and my mom started playing Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers and all these people, but at the same time, they always had Snoop on right behind it in the same mix.

I don't really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make.

Brother Kendrick Lamar: he's not a rapper, he's a writer, he's an author. And if you read between the lines, we'll learn how to love one another. But you can't do that, I said you can't do that, without loving yourself first.

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