With time, everything changes. I know I'm not the same person who I used to be. I totally get that.
My dad is my biggest fan.
I always say that I'm a hip-hop fan, and I'm definitely a Drake fan.
'Chopper City in the Ghetto,' real talk, it's what changed Cash Money from a Bounce label to a Rap label.
The Cash Money sound pretty much changed the era. It kind of put the business into rap. It was like, 'Get your money, dude. This is a billion dollar business.'
Even before anybody liked the 808, Mannie Fresh was on the 808.
For those from my era, my age, that 2Pac vs. Biggie war will go on forever about who is the greatest. But I was more of a Biggie dude.
It's weird being a DJ and you have a playlist of your own songs that you could hold it down for an hour.
I always felt like the trumpet or trombone player was always the coolest dude in the room.
That's what I'm tryin' to achieve. I want to be a heavyweight in this game, and I'm tryin' to get the big money. By the same token, the title 'Big Money Heavyweight' applies to everybody in the world. That's what everybody's tryin' to achieve.
I don't bash Cash Money, Birdman, or none of them.
I see how attorneys are, and nobody is really on your side. It's about money. The attorney is not chasing after your money; he's chasing after his fee.
The streets buy records, but they don't really buy records in incredible numbers.
I knew Kanye way before he was signed.
B.I.G. was like the Alfred Hitchcock of rap. Like, this dude's story form was so nuts.
With Hurricane Katrina and all that kind of stuff happening, you needed somebody to rally for your city, to tell that story. Since Hurricane Katrina, we didn't really have nobody that said, 'I'm gonna tell New Orleans' story, and I'm gonna stick to New Orleans.'
I thank God I've never burned no bridges with nobody, and when it's time for me to call in my favors, they're coming.
There's been enough building of fences with labels trying to categorize artists, limiting artists' ability to be themselves.
When I know it's like a bass song, I gotta go with my SP-1200.
What made '400 Degreez' great is that Juvenile already had those raps. He already knew them. It was something that he knew every one of those raps.
