There is no shame in falling down but there is pride in getting back up.

I always wanted to be someone in the entertainment industry. In my eighth grade slideshow, when everyone was like "show us what you want to be," everyone [said] doctor, lawyer, [but] mine literally said rapper. I wanted to be a musician, I wanted to be a superstar, I wanted to be on stage, I wanted to perform, I wanted to be in movies. But as you grow up, those dreams kind of fade away.

I would never say, "I'm going to do these things in a video to be a role model so people make me a role model." I want to be myself.

If I could give advice to anyone, it would be that sometimes the best way you can fight a problem - and this is going to be a little bit controversial - is to not address it.

I don't want to go crazy pretending to be someone all the time. But at the same time, if I have the ability to influence people, and we have X amount of energy in the day, it's not even our option anymore - it's our duty to do something positive in the world.

Fighting for happiness is the hardest thing you'll ever fight for, but it's the only thing worth fighting for.

I think the best way I could ever fight racism is just being as successful as possible.