All I did was take my time, figure out where I made a lot of mistakes and try not to make them no more.

But 'Cuban Linx' was a project that really needed to come, and I really wanted to get it off my chest because I know that the fans were really skeptical about it, like 'is this really gonna be what it's supposed to be?' So once everybody caught it for what it was and everybody was happy, that's mission accomplished for me.

I'm my own biggest marketing tool. I know the history of the business and I might as well capitalize on it.

I think a lot of people can learn from listening to hip hop. It ain't always about beats and rhymes.

The most important thing is just to be recognised as a legend, like the people call me. To have that title attached to your name, you've got to be a bad man. It's an honour to have that role.

When I sit here and see that the eight brothers from the neighborhood that I grew up with still have success, it had to be magical.

You gotta have a schedule, you gotta have a team that's passionate about seeing you do the things you say you wanna do. When it comes to delivering this, it takes a lot of work and I can't do that on my own.