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

The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.

America is a melting pot of immigrants. So actually, if you took all of the immigrants outside of America, you'd be missing a lot of flavor, starting with the food, with the culture, with the dance, with everything.

My accomplishment has helped millions of kids see that they can come from a poor family and go somewhere, make something out of themselves. Ive been doing it for seven years professionally.

I know that the nice shines I have on is going to pass. The nice cars will pass. All that will stay is the music and the work. That's where I get the inspiration to help people out and work

I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.

It's important, when you see darkness, to understand that there's light ahead of that, and I'm the living testimony of that, you dig?