I regret my lack of options. I regret being painted into a corner and having that be the only instrument to get me from point A to point B.

We should not live one more day ignoring the sh** that suffocates and strangles US keeping US imprisoned in our own communities.

You are not defined by your environment unless you allow yourself to be.

I know what it's like to not know where you're going or how to get there. I know what it's like to have no one around you who can teach you how to be what you hope to become.

I always want to execute and maximize off of potential, and this is a natural progression. Coming up as a youngster, I always wanted to be a rapper, but I knew that if I did everything right as a rapper, I'd end up as an actor, following the models of Ice Cube, Tupac [Shakur] and Will Smith.

People put me on a box, and I love when people think they know what I am capable of or not capable of. I thrive off of that.

People see me doing something so all of the guys from my walk of life feel like if he can do it, I can do it. That just keeps spreading and spreading and spreading.