Anyone can relate to struggle, whether you're European or Asian. Anyone can relate to having to get up and go to work and eat.

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

Most of my albums have a concept. They all have some kind of theme, some kind of feeling. I really take pride in that.

I'm never scared what people are gonna think about music that I make.

You can usually tell when people aren't being authentic, but that goes for every artist, not just white artists.

Melody always comes to me first before words - cadence and melody. When you're humming the melody and it's incredible and words start coming out it can build into something special.

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