Hip-hop is bigger than the South, hip-hop is bigger than New York.

Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne

Speak what I want, I don't care what y'all feel. 'Cause I'm my own master, my Pop told me be your own boss. Keep integrity at every cost.

Let the music diffuse all the tension.

I've been lucky enough to reach a place where I can speak what's in my heart, and people know that it comes from a real place; I don't have to worry about doing what someone's not doing - I can do me.

The big stars in rap, they were too big, so when my rap generation started, it was about bringing you inside my apartment. It wasn't about being a rap star; it was about anything other than.

Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.