Before I got signed to Bad Boy, I grew up listening to Snoop and Tupac and my hood was all Tupac driven.
That's the one thing you never judge, another man's spiritual walk. I wish more people knew that, because when you begin to talk about a person spiritually, you invite all types of bad things to happen to you. That's the worst thing you could do, because when you do that you're actually saying that you don't respect anything that's of substance.
I just didn't want a musical side of me being prosperous but I'm dying on the inside.
We gonna teach the ladies they can still respect themselves and still be beautiful.
Let me tell you something: being broke ain't going to make nobody come to the Gospel.
Puff always does great collaborations, it's just you need that flair to make it work.
Money is not of the devil. It depends on who's controlling it.
I look at Puff Daddy as somebody that gave me a chance to prove the whole world wrong. Cause when I used to think about rap, everybody would say, 'Well, you talk too slow,' or, 'You rap too slow,' when in reality, that was my uniqueness.
I like J. Cole when he's not taking shots at me.
I think to put someone in a box is somewhat narrow-minded.
All great artists have some spiritual backing.
There is a way you can make incredible music without following the so-called formula.
I would say 'Harlem World' is a cult and at the end we're gonna have everybody believin'.
I see different artists making clothing lines and people respected it.
You can't do gospel and rap. Either you're of the gospel music, or you're a rapper. You can't put the two together. You can, but is it right? It's questionable.
A lot of people have money, but they don't have peace with it. They can't sleep. They need bodyguards every day.
I know God touched my heart to lead the youth back to Him. A lot of people can do it, but He chose me to do it.
I only gave back the devil the stuff I got serving him.
You make money at anything you're good at. If you're a good doctor, you make money.
I don't pursue women - they pursue me.
