It's quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can't imagine what else I could do beyond this. It's really a bittersweet kind of feeling.

A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.

Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? What's the point of being realistic? I'm going to do it. It's done. It's already done. The second I decide it's done, it's already done.

I had a hit single on the radio for 30 days before I graduated from high school.

The execs don't care what color you are. They care about how much money you make. Hollywood is not really black or white. It's green.

I want the world to be better because I was here.

I'm motivated by fear. Fear of fear. I hate being scared to do something. And I think what developed in my early days was the attitude that I started attacking things that I was scared of.