There's a lot of real unity - and a lot fake unity, sadly. I think a lot of people are going to get an opportunity to pursue greatness and pursue careers outside of D.C. Not everybody is going to make it. I think there's a connotation that there's a lack of rappers out there.

Initially, I felt like my duty was to just keep it positive and be positive and sometimes I crack in that. We're human. I'm imperfect at times and that was just me being imperfect at that one point.

Every artist is supposed to get emotional. You're painting pictures of emotions.

I don't want to be one of those guys that you see who made $4 million, invested $3.5 million, and now you work at Wendy's.

Charles is Charles. Wale is Wale. It's two separate entities that have nothing to do with each other and probably will never have anything to do with each other and I wish him the best.

I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.

You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.