Gangbanging is a survival instinct, regardless of how anybody tries to paint it.

My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years.

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.

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.

A lot of artists come into the game with a radio record, but they don't establish the fans as fans of their style of music. It's just that they're a fan of that song, and after that song plays out, it's real hard for 'em.

If you 35, 28, or 30 years old, and you decide you're gonna pick up a rag and start bangin', and you can look yourself in the mirror and you still feel like you're a man? That's cool, do your thing.