I'm a King. Regardless of what I've been through and what I've done, I present myself as a King. And I get that respect from people, from everybody I deal with. I worked my whole life to establish that respect and make sure I get that respect.
When I'm at home, I don't discuss business. I don't talk business. I don't answer the phone. It's just me, my wife, my children, my dogs. That's my world.
I've got fans and letters from Israel, France Germany, Sweden, London, Africa. They all saying pretty much the same thing, 'Yo, we love you, we need you, put some more music out, please!'
My mother would beat me so bad, I wouldn't be able to sit down. And I would never snitch.
To me, it isn't tight sweaters. That's not what rap is. That's not hip-hop at all. Every phase went through changing up their dress styles and all that, but since Run DMC came out, it's been baggy jeans.
I've done gospel songs on every album.
An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.
I'm not going to disrespect you, don't disrespect me.
Any performance I do, I give 110 percent.
Somebody's upset with every movie.
I feel like Sony appreciates good music from a talented artist.
One thing that people don't really understand is that as celebrity you rarely get fair treatment. You either get love or hate. It's never really fair.
I'm not the average artist.
Nas is the only person whose concert I been to.
My fans need me. I need me.
I'm used to driving fast; I'm a New Yorker.
I can reach people the average person can't reach because I'm as grounded as I am.
I don't recall being excited about a new rapper, ever.
Columbia tried to put me behind other groups, so I didn't wanna wait, they let me out of the contract and I'm glad they did.
One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.
