Jay-Z ain't a manager; he owns a management company. He been through this, he been through the game for a long time so he knows tactics in taking artists in certain directions we need to go in.

People say money ain't nothing; money is basically everything.

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 think it's way harder when you have success, 'cause people tend to not treat you the same or look at you the same because they see the success or the money you make.

I've been betrayed a lot of times in life. I think everybody's been.

No matter how successful you become you gotta keep grindin' and be a good person and then good things will come to you.

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.