I'm focusing on the music, but I still got a cold library of books that I've either read or I plan on getting to.

I kinda came into my manhood, or what I thought was my adulthood, early. I had to show up, and I had to make sure I had gas money, food money, rent money, clothes money - everything was on me, startin' at that age, so that's what led me to start hustlin', that's what led me to start to try to find ways to fend for myself. And once I did that, I was full-time, bein' in the street, and, bein' in the street, it's cold. It's the way the streets operate, and you have to adapt to that.

If I wasn't involved in this hip-hop sh*t, I'd probably be breakin' the law to eat and feed my family and maintain the lifestyle that I'm used to.

If you don't know your full-throttle history, the whole story of how you came to where you are, it's kind of hard to put things together.

I'm focusing on the music, but I still got a cold library of books that I've either read or I plan on getting to.

On a mission your worst enemy is idle time.

I respect Snoop even aside from the music, just as a man, and especially the way he still represents who he is, after being a pop star and an icon. He's done it successfully and has still been able to balance it.