I know I have this image but in reality, if you take all my records, I had to use five or six [tracks].

An album is a project with which you have to hit hard.

I don't want my kids saying, 'My dad was a gangster, so I need to be a gangster. I would rather mine say, 'My dad was a stunna, so I need to be a stunna.'

I feel close to [Kanye West]. We're friends, this is not just a working relationship.

For a long time I heard rap without paying attention, but it is still a way of life, even when you're a kid.

I never write. Never! I do not even remember if I can write … This is a true freestyle in general. I put a beat, I said some stuff, I retain ideas, I do it again, with a particular intonation, I test, and especially I record live.

When you see them be successful, however small, you say to yourself, wow. And everything becomes possible. Never denigrate, to say we will not succeed.