I love Lil Wayne. I grew up on the Hot Boyz.
I think that with me and Madlib, I was never afraid to really experiment with his tracks and things.
I'm trying to bring gangster rap back to the forefront, like in the early '90s.
Scarface is my favorite rapper.
I'm not a big video game dude though, but I like 'Madden.'
'Pinata' is a great rap record for jazz fans.
My father took me to a lot of sports events as a child, and our TV stayed on ESPN.
'Kind of Blue' is one of the best records of all time. Miles' use of space is something rap fans can definitely appreciate. Sometimes you have to let the track breathe and throw a melody in here and there. He never did too much on 'Kind of Blue.' It's the perfect vibe.
Madlib isn't a beatmaker, he's a producer.
A lot of improvisation and freedom went into 'Pinata.'
Ninety percent of the general public aren't gangstas, so all of the rappers aren't going to be gangstas.
I study my competition for at least an hour a day. I get on the Internet, I look at what they doing, and then I look at ways to defeat them. I know their mixtapes track-by-track. I know some of their lyrics.
I wasn't fully aware of the things that Madlib did musically, but my manager put me up on game. I'm not gonna act like I was a Madlib head when I wasn't. I didn't understand a lot of it at first. But it opened my mind to some things, and it's me bringing that gangster element to things that he does. It's like a perfect marriage.
I tried to watch 'Inception,' but I fell asleep.
He's been my number one influence. If you say Tupac didn't influence you, then you don't really need to be rapping because nobody evokes that kind of emotion on a track like Tupac does.
You've got a lot of Tupac clones, but I don't think I'm one of them. I just think I give people a little piece of the feeling he gave them.
I like A$AP Rocky and his stuff - Kendrick too.
Probably dancing to Cassie's 'Me & U' - That's my guilty pleasure.
I played wide receiver in high school; then I went to college at Ball State and played safety.
I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping, 'cause my dad sang: I saw him deal with the ills of the music industry, just on the outside looking in.
