I'm from the South, and there's a different understanding of how to chop. There's a syllable play. It's a delicate art. Your accent has a lot to do with it. If you're from a certain area, words don't roll of your tongue as slick.
Race is still real and you got to recognize it.
'Radioactive' is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story.
My homies in Gadsden aren't as exposed as I am culturally, which is awesome - that's why I love going home. I'm in the kitchen with people who don't know anything but the simple life, what's important to them, and what's dope.
I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason.
My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears.
I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out.
Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock.
People are not really that forgiving when they pay for tickets to come see you and you don't show up.
I equally love both, classic rock and hip-hop. I love all music, really, and I really use classic rock a lot. I'm heavily influenced by that melodically in my music. I can't really separate the two.
Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.
You have to fall. You have to understand what that feels like. For what I want in my life, and for where I want to go with this music, you gotta be humiliated, man. You gotta understand what that feels like. It just makes you stronger.
Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.
My fans are like no other. Completely original people.
I do so much music that it's like a fog, and I can't even remember all of it.
The way I perceive an album to sound and the way I put out mixtapes are two different energies. There's a different focus; there's a different sound.
Fans are all I care about - to be honest. If they stop coming to the shows, then I will get worried.
Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It's anybody's music. It's what you make of it. That's for anything you do in life.
You don't want to get stuck with a record that you've done with someone that you feel obligated to put out - that's not really dope, just because you made an effort to get together and work.
I'm never scared what people are gonna think about music that I make.
