With each project, whether it's an album or a mixtape, I try to learn more in the process.

Keeping my family out of prison best I can. That is success to me. I created that without selling records.

I believe your success is based off what your goals are. Are you trying to feed your family or have plaques on the wall and be broke? In that case, I think the game is in a better place. We have all heard of famous artists who are broke. Then we know of artists who may have had only a song or two on radio, but have a million or two dollars off that quick come up.

I really wanna work with Kanye West. He's one of the few people I haven't got to work with yet that I really wanted to.

The first CD said exactly what it was. I was just in the streets hustling. I come from a family of hustlers.

I was blessed with the talent. God gave me the gift to put words together and make popular songs.

I'm a real dude from a real place and I never express myself through social sites. I don't feed into it, man. That's not real life.