We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.

For a while, the genre seemed to be just about sex and crime. Rappers are storytellers; the stories don't need to be true!

In my family, there was not an abundance of wealth, but there was an abundance of love. So there was always humor, and there was joy and there was comfort and there was this environment just to have a good time.

It's silly when girls sell their souls because it's in.

Love and this close-knit family structure really helped to give me the confidence. To know that you have family to go back to is a help. It doesn't always happen biologically. Sometimes God gives you family in other forms, but I was very blessed. I have a very strong biological family.

I got into direct confrontation with everybody I love.

Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual. I did not deliberately abandon my fans, nor did I deliberately abandon any responsibilities.