When I was young what made me really want to be a rapper was when I saw MC Lyte.
Don't be flirting with your gift, you better marry it
When you tell a story and connect with somebody through an emotion that's why they like songs.
I love myself, I no longer need Cupid...
It's hard as a person to just put your life out there for the world to judge. That's what music is and what you're supposed to do with the art, live and release it to the world.
I think people in the hip hop culture really just care about who has the bars. I'm sure there are people, who see it differently outside of the culture, but most people are concerned with who's a better rapper and that's that.