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.

Killing and gangbanging, that's just wrong.

As gang members, as young dudes in the streets, especially in L.A., we're the effect of a situation. We didn't wake up and create our own mindstate and our environment; we adapted our survival instincts.

I didn't wanna be looked at as no idiot, and I didn't wanna feel like I was uneducated, because I really stopped going to school at 15. I was never ignorant, as far as being experienced in classrooms and learning about different subjects and actually soaking it up, so I checked into college for a little bit.

And it's possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce.

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.

I'm more focused on giving solutions and inspiration more than anything.