I love owning my masters.
Latinos finally have a genre of music that represents them, and they're supporting reggaeton in such huge numbers that people can't help but notice there's a revolution going on.
Nobody in my family before me ever had anything.
Culturally, the arts of Puerto Rico is really unmatched by any other island.
I ain't no Kennedy, I ain't no Diddy Combs, I ain't no Jay Z, I ain't got it like them.
I love Lil Wayne; that's like my little brother. He's just the coolest dude on Earth.
It's hard to have a boom-bap hip hop record that goes No. 1 in the country.
Puerto Rico is a powerful island.
Pun was just a natural-born genius with music, and he basically taught me so many tricks on how to make better music, even though I was the one that discovered him. He was so far advanced than me; he taught me a lot.
The biggest killer of people is food.
We go after legacies because we just know that, sooner or later, people will understand what we bring to this culture and bring to the game.
All I know is stars and hits, you know what I mean? I don't just sign a guy because he has a hot record. I sign a guy because he's a star. He's a pillar of the community.
Everything has to evolve. Music has to go somewhere. That's what keeps it fresh.
Fat Joe ain't out here trying to battle-rap everybody in the world. That's not what I'm about.
To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me.
I never lose touch. If you let me tell it, I'll tell you I never got my just due and my respect for being one of the greats in hip-hop, and because of that, the fire never burned out. There's more and more of a need for me to succeed or take the legacy a step further, and that's what it is.
Chances are if I am the one to cosign people, they will become a big part of the industry.
Once you achieve a level of success... you learn, something tells you, 'Man this ain't even for you.' You got to share with the people. You got to inspire the people.
Mike Bibby's my brother.
There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.
