I've always been rapping before I was making money off of it. Before I made a profit, I had always been rapping.

First black president ever, and to be living while it happened - that's a good part of history. That's probably the biggest person I admire right now.

I don't think about returning to the streets, 'cause I don't have any plans to return to the streets. I'm at another level in my life. Returning to the street - I still be in my streets when I get time to, when it's necessary.

You could be Top 5 on iTunes, but for people to buy an album, they've got to have a connection with an artist. Every time I bought someone's album, it was about the connection. I was loving everything, from their raps to their style. I wanted to meet them.

I've always been rapping before I was making money off of it. Before I made a profit, I had always been rapping.

If you don't have your friends and your family, what do you really have? You can have all the money in the world, but with no friends and no family, it's no good.

I got into music when I was 12, 13.