Like, Jay Z has some of the sickest lyrics ever, but I would never buy his CD, just because of my age and because of his age. By the time I turn that old, I ain't gonna be doing what he's doing.

I'm always in range of a microphone. I even have a studio at home.

I am not versed in production software. I have basic knowledge, but it ends there.

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

I'm signed to Atlantic through 300 Entertainment [Lyor Cohen's label]. That is my only contractual relationship.

It was [Kanye West] who spoke, and then we met and recorded some songs. After, you know what it is: we all bump like crazy.

This is where the guys who copy me are planted: I do not use auto-tune, I sing. That's my advice!