I am from the inner city, the ghetto. If I can use my platform to carry on a legacy and talk about something that's real, I have to do that, period.

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

Consequences from evil will make your past haunt you

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 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.

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

I like to let things breathe.