The more you push the budgets up, the more you make records cost $20, the more you make records last 4 and 5 minutes on the radio.

I came from a crew, and to me, all the guys I rapped with were better than me, so I was surprised when I was the breakout one. It was definitely a cool thing.

Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades.

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

Bowling, I like bowling. I've been getting into this bowling thing. It's kinda fun.

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.

When you have a family as big as mine, there are many things that affect my family members, in many different ways. It could be high blood pressure, it could be cholesterol, it could be obesity, it could be sleep deprivation or sleep apnea. An illness is an illness, especially if it affects younger kids. Illnesses affect your family and they impact you because you want to do the best you can to help your family member become more healthy, just as my family members want me to be healthy.