I think it's harder to make a classic now, not because of what people say, but because artists now are so concerned with what people say.

I lay puzzle as I backtrack to earlier times, Nothing's equivalent to the New York state of mind

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

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

Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.

Used to ride with him to Brooklyn, Lewis and Halsey, co chocolate thai, vernon style and burn it down

I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.