Hip-hop was my first real love, one that was my own and wasn't my parents' music. Initially, I was inspired by hip-hop fashion. Over the years, I kept the hip-hop sensibility, but make it my own.

I just want to have fun and party with everyone around the world. That's the only rule, to have fun.

I think that Detroiters are some of the most resilient people in the world.

I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper.

James Brown is the perfect example of flashy but classy. Classy doesn't have to mean boring. His gear was flamboyant but without being so over the top. The cape was probably the biggest part of his persona. He looked like Superman.

I was a hip-hop head. When I really found my own lane in music, it was hip-hop. I wanted to make hip-hop music. And I did, I made a lot of hip-hop music.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I definitely have a hearty breakfast before I do anything.