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

I don't kill soloists only kill squads

When I made Illmatic, I was trying to make the perfect album. It comes from the days of Wild Style. I was trying to make you experience my life. I wanted you to look at hip-hop differently. I wanted you to feel that hip-hop was changing and becoming something more real.

Let the music diffuse all the tension.

Somehow the rap game remind me of the crack game

I live in L.A. because my kids do. Home is where my kids are for me.

Props is a true thug's wife.