I used to have visions of flashing lights and red carpets.
My only goal is to impress my fans.
I rightfully respect Killer Mike a hundred percent. He knows my father; he's known my father for years.
I'm the outcast of the hip-hop game.
The old way of coming up in the game is over.
I never freestyle. I always give a written verse cause I just don't wanna go out like that.
I feel like Soulja Boy was one of the smartest when it came to connecting with your fans and taking that to another level. That's how you get the real love. Someone will love you, but if they feel like they know you or they can relate to you, it's a real genuine, solid love, even when you're down.
You have to understand that your music isn't for everybody; your job isn't to please everybody.
When you're in the studio, you can't be like, 'I want to make music that everybody will like!' You have really understand your fan base, what they like, and that's what you do it for.
When I made 'Lil Boat,' my first mixtape, I didn't have a drop date, a due date. I didn't have critics rating on it; I was just making it. And then when I finished it, I dropped it at my own smoothness, at my own pace.
I want to do movies.
It was a shock to everyone when I became a rapper. Huge shock to everyone. But I knew it all along. I just didn't want to tell anybody cause then it's like, What if it doesn't work?
Me and Uzi aren't friends. We used to be cool. It's not beef; it's just competition. That's all it is. We're not friends.
I used to have visions of being a star all the time, but I never knew I wanted to be a rapper.
People used to always laugh at my hair, stuff like that.
I'm one of the biggest Kid Cudi fans of all time. He's very relatable.
I remember being in jail, like, 'Man, I'm not old enough.' And then I thought, 'I just turned 18.' I had just turned old enough to be in big people jail.
I was surrounded by a bunch of friends who made music, and at the time, I thought they were good. They used to tell me I was really bad, but it ended being up the opposite.
Everybody's voice matters.
I'm not negative.
