Let's be honest. We don't take rap serious the way other cultures take rock-n-roll, they take country. They artists are being loved.

I feel like it's okay for us to grow up because a lot of us want to get rich and die young.

My little cousin Jimmy told me in jail he was a drag queen.

How does hating get started? It's started by the jealous people, and they get mad over the things you have.

Work hard and never make excuses.

I think you've got good people and bad people in everything you do. If you start making a big deal of it, then it's a problem. It's like in life. We've got bad doctors and lawyers. We've got bad priests! We don't target every priest and say he's bad. You have to go to church and you have to go see some doctors. Some people have to be good.

Television is not like making records. I wanna tell all you kids, do not try this at home, 'cause it's hard. It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of practice, and a lot of different takes.