Young kids out here see what's on TV and feel like they can start rapping. They think rappers are rich and really have their own jets and Bentleys, but in lot of cases that stuff is rented.

I grew up in the church not being able to listen to anything but gospel. So, while [other] people grew up with their parents listening to Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin, I never knew they existed until I was able to listen to what I wanted to.

I'm really just concentrating on making good music, whether it's using a sample or doing an original track.

I feel like my purpose on earth is to help other people and give good advice about some of the same things I have gone through.

When I first starting making beats, I didn't know samples were being used in any beats. I had no idea where producers were getting the real string sounds or the voices on their tracks. I knew nothing about loops or sampling off of records. So, by me knowing nothing about this it made me concentrate on my chords on the keyboard.

God is my spiritual guide. Half the music I come up with I really don't know where it comes from.

The only reason I started using samples was because people talked about me not sounding like Kanye or The Heatmakers.