If you really believe in yourself and your music that much, you're gonna do your thing, regardless what people say.

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.

There was a lot of negative that was put on rappers for using the word, and I feel like we're just misunderstood. Most of us are; some of us is just plain wack.

Don't speak to fools, they scorn the wisdom of your words.

I think hip hop allows us to talk about everything, and Africa is what I choose to talk about now. If people are not talking about Africa, that's them, that's cool, there's nothing wrong with that. But this is who I am, this is what I have to say, this is what I have to offer.

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

There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game.