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

In the early 2000s, I was going through a lot. I didn't have my head screwed on right. Where I was at as a man, I was still growing up.

A star's the work - the work ethic you put into the business, and the people you excite. We only wanted to excite only a few people at that time, which was some o' the emcees that was hot that was in the game.

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Sometimes you can make a substantial amount of money and automatically think that you've made it, that you did everything you wanted to do. Some people just stop.

As you keep shooting the ball, you become a better basketball player.

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.