Don't ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life's all about.

There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the media talk about hip hop, they're confused because they haven't done their homework on it so you have a case where there's an award for the most pop song in the world and it's called 'hip hop'.

I used to carry a notebook to the studio. I don't do that no more 'cause I don't have the time to write anywhere but right there in the studio on the spot. So when you hear my stuff, know that I wrote it in the studio.

Turnin' nothin' into somethin' is God work, and you get nothin' without struggle and hard work

My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.

The flaws, the mistakes I make - that's the real me.

For my hustlers, here's some motivation: He who has begun is half done.