The way I perceive an album to sound and the way I put out mixtapes are two different energies. There's a different focus; there's a different sound.

Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.

American music culture is black culture.

Skateboarding is a part of Hip-Hop culture. I think it's the fifth element of Hip-Hop - emceeing, deejaying, b-boying, graffiti, and skateboarding. Skateboarders live and die on the streets. It's expression - it's everything that Hip-Hop is.

I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason.

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

My fans are like no other. Completely original people.