This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man.

I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person.

Where I'm from is like 'Hustle Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.

You don't want to get stuck with a record that you've done with someone that you feel obligated to put out - that's not really dope, just because you made an effort to get together and work.

I definitely prefer intimate crowds. I mean, those are always the best shows, like, a small venue. Packed to the gills. Hot, sweaty. Those are always the fun shows.

I'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me.

It's hard being a white rapper sometimes! When that happens you just need to battle through.