People Really Feel Like Music Is Free,

Remind Your Self. Nobody Constructed Like You, You Style Your Self.

My Life After Childhood Has Two Main Stories: The Story Of The Hustler And The Story Of The Rapper, And The Two Overlap As Much As They Diverge. I Was On The Streets For More Than Half Of My Life From The Time I Was Thirteen Years Old. People Sometimes Say That Now I'm So Far Away From That Life - Now That I've Got Businesses And Grammys And Magazine Covers - That I Have No Right To Rap About It. But How Distant Is The Story Of Your Own Life Ever Going To Be? The Feelings I Had During That Part Of My Life Were Burned Into Me Like A Brand. It Was Life During Wartime.

When I Listen To Great Music, The First Thing I Wonder Is What People Were Saying When This Came Out Of The Speakers In The Studio. I Want To Know What Happened When They Played It And Said, "this Is The One!"

No Matter Where You Go, You Are What You Are Playa.

We Create Music To Express Ourselves And When The World Relates, That's A Beautiful Thing. We're All Trading Off Each Other's Culture, So No Matter What Lines You Put--country Indie Rock, Rap, We're All Somehow Gonna Find A Way To Come Together.