I've also worked with various producers and artists around the world, which has helped with my international recognition. We've sold a lot of albums online in places like Norway and France. Sometimes we track my hits online daily and we are getting regular hits from people all over the place.

Usually when fans find out about my music for the first time, they're like "Oh this guy's actually for real!" And it's just like yea, you found Waldo.

I guess sacrifice inspires my vulnerability, sacrifice and just having good people around me.

I've never been the type of artist to plateau or have a big peak in my career and then a big decline.

I feel like I've got the skills to be at the top, I feel like I've got the mind-state, so basically what I'm saying is there's people all around me, there's artists all around me that are in my zone, but I still feel alone. I feel like I can't relate to them as much as I can related to maybe somebody that was a little bit higher up.

That's one of my struggles as a hip-hop artist. If I feel like doing a super conscious song where I don't even rap.

Even when I write a song, lots of times I think - I wonder what my dad would think of this song.