The Netflix thing with Nas is more of a documentary, where we kind of… talk. We go to my neighborhood. You get to see where I'm from and all that. And then, I'm in the studio with Nas.
Honestly, I want to make more music for the women. I rather have a show full of girls, but I still gotta talk about what I be personally going through, what I've gone through, and what the homies go through.
When I'm out of town, I always try to get some readings or some type of new information to where I'm learning more about Islam, just to become the best Muslim I can become.
Nobody uses skits at all anymore, so it seems like I use a lot. That's how I grew up on tapes. Biggie tapes, Biggie albums would have skits. The Lox would have skits. Mase would have skits. All the dudes I grew up on in Nineties rap would have skits on their projects, just to make you feel like you were right there with them.
I feel like I've mastered Dave East. For a long time I was trying to figure out who I was and what sound I wanted to come with.
I never felt like 'I'm an underground dude' or 'I can only be hot in New York.'
I want a son.
I'm not feeling R. Kelly. And I got a daughter, so I'm super not jacking R. Kelly at all.
I'm never gonna sell my soul or violate myself for no amount of dollars or fame.
You always hear rappers say they don't write, but they're not really talking about anything.
When I go back to my hood, Queens, Brooklyn, or here in L.A., the people that's not famous, that's what inspires me.
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 watch movies all day. I am a heavy movie head.
I want to eventually get to a point where I can make all types of music for every type of crowd.
I always wanted to do something I knew I could love to wake up and do every day, and rap was just second nature to me, growing up in Harlem. I never really had to try.
I am not going to lie - my looks helped me.
Since the '80s, Harlem has the place to go. Before the '80s, just as far as hip-hop go, Harlem has always been a strong point, fashion-wise, music-wise, all of that.
I never thought I'd be sitting across the table with the owner of Hennessy.
I just value my family's opinion as far as my music goes because that's the ones that really know you.
I think my music is more personal than most of the music I'm hearing.
