It took mad failures for me to start to win.
Where I'm from in Harlem, everybody look like a rapper.
I've been able to provide for my family, move out of Harlem and travel the world.
You're born a certain way, but you don't gotta die like that.
People don't get signed by Def Jam every day on my block.
I watch movies all day. I am a heavy movie head.
I feel like rap fit me better. I could hoop. I could have went and did that, but this is my lifestyle, my temperament, my mentality.
I always had a gift with writing. I can really write. I always felt like I can write movies or somehow get into that.
I am not going to lie - my looks helped me.
I'll never give up my style.
I think what sets a New York rapper apart from other rappers from other places is just being from New York.
The fashion and the rap go hand in hand with New York City.
I'm not feeling R. Kelly. And I got a daughter, so I'm super not jacking R. Kelly at all.
I'm never really trying to focus on one aim.
I wanna go to every country on the Earth.
I want a son.
I want to eventually get to a point where I can make all types of music for every type of crowd.
I want to put out music that everyday people can relate to.
I was with Mass Appeal solely for almost two years.
I write all my own music, everything.
I'll never put out some super-dumbed-down music. It'll always have some substance to it.
I'm never gonna sell my soul or violate myself for no amount of dollars or fame.
I'm still an athlete at heart, so I always want that comfort and something that feels like an athletic shoe.
If you're a fan of anything I do, I'm always telling a story. I'm into that - I like it when you don't know if it was true or not.
