You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.

If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs - my first was at 15, at Burger King.

I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.

I had to grow to love my body. I did not have a good self-image at first. Finally it occurred to me, I'm either going to love me or hate me. And I chose to love myself. Then everything kind of sprung from there. Things that I thought weren't attractive became sexy. Confidence makes you sexy.

When you're rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.

I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant.

I'm proud of everything I do, but I think I'm the most happy about becoming a rapper. It was my entrance into everything. That helped me get into acting.