I've always had a lot of creative impact on the music with Timbaland.

I'm not a prostitute but I can give you what you want

I like collaborating, but I felt I should do my first single by myself so people don't think I'm leaning on other artists to be a success.

I'm close to my mother, and I could sit talking on the phone with her all day.

I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father.

The rapping is cool, but my lines aren't all that fly. People like Biggie Smalls or Jay-Z who say stuff that you have to rewind and listen to twice and be like, "Wow, what made them say that?" or "I would have never thought about saying that" - those are rappers I really look up to. As far as flows, I can give you flows all day.

My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father.