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

I don't feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don't care if people think I'm gay or not. Assume whatever you want. You do it anyway.

I feel anger and I feel understanding. It's a difficult position to be in.

I'm as involved as I can be. Whenever I'm asked to do something, I always tend to show up.

To wanna be me is to go through not just the good but the bad. You wanna share my story identically? Man, you gonna take some lumps.

I've never been the straight rapper that is going to stand in a cipher and battle all day. I started off battle rapping, but to me, making songs became more important than freestyles... I've met many rappers who can freestyle but can't make a record.

I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.