I want to put out music that everyday people can relate to.
I've been able to provide for my family, move out of Harlem and travel the world.
I wouldn't tell nobody to sign no slave deal or sign your life away or nothing like that, but if the deal is right and if it benefits you, you'd be a fool if you did not take advantage of it.
I'll never put out some super-dumbed-down music. It'll always have some substance to it.
Wu-Tang was going through it. They didn't come from great homes or families. They really came from hard beginnings so it just made me reflect on my own situation. If Wu-Tang was able to make it, why can't I?
Nas really introduced the world and a lot of people to me - that was ideal as far as me first coming in.
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.
My standout moment I would have to say was when 'Black Rose' dropped and getting the co-sign from Nas and The LOX. I would say all those moments together were crazy for me.
With me, I record so much that I just get in the zone.
The reception on 'P2' has been crazy. Every show on the tour has been sold-out. I didn't think people were gonna catch on to it that quick because I started the tour the same day it came out.
Islam has a negative outlook on it around the world based on what the media tries to show. They not showing the peace.
I think R. Kelly is twisted, sick-minded, nasty, perverted - he different. I don't know anybody like R. Kelly.
Where I'm from in Harlem, everybody look like a rapper.
I always tell people, I never get writer's block because it's coming straight from my brain, like, real-life experiences. I'm like the news. I'm just reporting it for myself.
I was incarcerated for a little while in Baltimore, and my celly was Muslim. I was watching him pray every day, and his outlook on getting out of that situation was a lot more positive than the other dudes that were Muslim in the jail.
I was with Mass Appeal solely for almost two years.
Deep down in my heart and what I've seen and what I've been around, there is nothing better than Islam.
I wanna go to every country on the Earth.
You can't turn fame off regardless if you're a platinum-selling artist or you're in jail every week. If you're famous, you're famous. You're in the headlines either way you go.
After the first three or four years of me taking rap seriously, it started to look more promising. I started booking shows and more people were playing my music, so I starting believing this could actually work for me.
