The independent route was the best move for me. But I think I've maximized everything I could do independently. I've done everything out the mixtape market. I think getting the big machine behind you is the next stage when you've maximized the indepe...
I want to challenge myself, challenge my styles.
I can say sincerely, don't take your voice for granted. It is truly what makes us all equal.
I just be comfortable in my own skin; I might wear anything.
You know, my uncle wore a lot of jewelry, a lot of gold chains.
I've done a song with almost everybody in the game.
I don't have any reasons to be disrespectful or throw anybody under the bus.
I enjoy being in control, having a lot of creative control.
I want to be a successful landlord. I like real estate.
You need to be your own individual.
In my 8th grade yearbook picture I had on 2 chains.
Ludacris is a very smart individual. He's about his business. Everything is business with him. So I learned a lot about making deals from him.
My whole story is just about me having a second chance.
I encourage everyone to pay attention to the issues that matter to you, from jobs and the economy, to education and our schools, to criminal justice reform. Whatever it is that you care about, make sure you use your voice.
Entertainment is such a great job to have.
I had incorrectly, for all of my adult life until 2008, believed the biggest voting myth that exists - that ex-felons cannot vote.
As I said, I spent most of my adult life thinking I didn't have a vote, and therefore that what I thought didn't matter.
To me, I'm the epitome of what a ghetto child is: I was raised by a single parent; I stayed in apartments my whole life; I don't think I've ever cut the grass.
My pop did a little time.
Hip-hop deals with bragging and braggadocio, being boastful. It's always been about who's got the most money.
