Right now, I'm as single as a slice of American cheese.

It's fun having songs about parties and gigolos, but I really wanted to use my music as a form of art. Art is supposed to spark conversation and make people think, and I wanted to do that with this song

Clearly, everybody knows I can rap; I can freestyle all day.

We are already expected to be the goodie two shoes. I went through that during my junior high schools where I wasn't allowed to watch television. I wasn't allowed to listen to the radio.

I was actually raised around a lot of children. So, I'm very comfortable around children.

People are looking for something new at the end of the day, and I think when people can do something new and unique to get people's attention, that's what is needed. There's so many people that follow the trend, and then it gets to a point where it gets a little stale. So, in music, I mean, whoever's the new trendsetter, that's who people follow.

I take my spoken-word stuff extremely seriously because I feel like that's true writing, true lyricism.