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

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

I think the I Am album allowed me to show fans that I'm more than just a mixtape artist, who can make music on a different platform, a bigger platform, and I think more people respect what I'm doing now.

Like LeBron James, we already know how good the man is. We know he can play. He's rich. But he still want a ring. N!ggas know my music hot. That's proven. Now its time to get the ring.

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.

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

It was special with me being from Memphis and knowing the history of the venue, knowing all of the artists who performed in the Orpheum before me. Even having the idea to approach it was ambitious on my part, but I thought they would turn me down at first.