I think everybody from Philadelphia been shot at before.

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

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 don't like a girl on social media, when you have an open inbox, answering questions from dudes left and right, every day. What's the point? It's like having your number all out.

Sometimes I have to remind myself, that on my worst day I live like somebody on their greatest

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.