I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.

Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.

My battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the supermarket.

I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.

I've been communicating with the Fugees, and it feels a lot better now than it did three or four years ago.

I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.

It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful