I always want to know what's wrong with you, why you ain't smiling. That's just my character; I just love people and want to see people having a good time.

When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.

I'm 27 years old. I'm going to go into Hollywood really arrogant. I'll be breaking a lot of rules. It's going to be hot.

I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today

A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.

I think it's cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of people think it's funny. But it's true; I used to try to get the accents.

What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music.