I'm a force to be reckoned with.
When you got a sound that don't sound like nobody else and it's brand new, you've got to feed it to ‘em. You've got to force it on ‘em.
My Internet presence was definitely bigger than the music. I'm so good at marketing, so once I knew I had them looking, I turned up with the music. I knew what I was doing - it was premeditated.
My name was originally Da Baby Jesus, but I changed it like two years into my career because I didn't want to offend anyone; although I feel like my purpose in the game is related and still is, I didn't want my name to be a distraction from the music.
I love it when you have to perform at a certain level or else. That's when I'm at my best.
I definitely am the best rapper alive, mark my words.
Everything is organic. I got the wordplay, I got the vocabulary to really, really rap.
He's from Fayetteville. I'm from Charlotte. We got two different upbringings. All in all though, I love J. Cole's perspective and I love his music. I love his approach. It's just two different things.
I paid for every video I ever shot.
Some songs I rap before the beat even play and I enjoy doing that. I like walking the beat down.
I don't even listen to peoples' music… I'm really in-tune with my craft, I listen to me all day long.
I made that a point when I was creating my sound from the beginning, I didn't want to sound like anybody. Once I kind of found my own sound, I mastered it.
When I started coming on my music the way I was coming on freestyles - just relentless, at your neck, as soon as the beat starts, that's when everything really clicked.
When it comes to the music, the traits you got to have in order to make lit music, club music, to have the swag with it, to have the lingo - I got those traits, you know what I mean?
I've been broke my whole life, you get what I'm saying? I'm scared of the bank.
The music I make, it's so hard. I listen to it 100,000 times before it even drops.
I like to have fun with my videos and performances, that's the most fun part when it comes to the music. I get to show off my character.
Now that I'm a XXL Freshman, you know, I feel like that sets high standards for me, and I feel like I have to deliver.
There was so much music growing up. But definitely Lil Wayne was a big influence because I had more of an understanding of what I was listening to when I was getting older.
I was all about touching people and influencing people, I always been that type of person. I was the one teaching people things, I just always had a way with my words and I always spoke with substance.
