My father...made us shop at Goodwill. I found things to wear and got Best Dressed (in the yearbook) two years in a row. I had lemons, so I made lemonade.

People think that as a celebrity, you have to have this sort of mystique about you, but I'm probably the realest person you'll ever meet.

Even where the game is today, cats don't really focus on necessarily what it is that you're saying so when people say, "Oh, you can't rap," I play into the joke. That's why I'll challenge anybody; anybody rapping, let's go just because I know what the art form is and even when you see these battle rappers in here, they're so skillful. It's actually a skill.

The people who truly love me and loved me before all of this stuff. You can't ever leave them behind.

I'm so into playing different characters, even when I was on Nickelodeon. I just observe.

Trying to save a hater is like trying to teach astrophysics to a wino!

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