I would watch all of the videos that came on on BET and MTV. I was infatuated with the hip-hop culture.
Probably more than half my life, I've thought from a trap mindset, a hood mind frame in the way I was moving.
I got a lot of respect for Drake, most definitely; he's killin' it.
I most definitely respect Jay Z hustle and everything he built. He's a businessman first and I think he respects my hustle.
When people are watching the George Floyd video, that could have been me. I think people are just afraid that the people who are supposed to be protecting and serving you are against you.
I like to make music from a personal standpoint, and the music that feels good to me, and when the music becomes big, it's even better because it's an even more organic feeling than when you, like, tried to make the hit record.
A lot of my music be personal.
I feel like I grow in a different space every year, some kind of way.
I think hip-hop always shifts culture.
It feels like one family - JAY-Z's one call away for any advice, any questions. He's a real big homie.
After being in the game so long, making so much money and achieving different things, now I think a lot more about impact.
Some people take off recording cycles, but I record year round.
Ain't no off days. I don't take off on no businesses I do. So I'm in the studio all the time, with so many records, and I guess it's a good problem when it come down to it.
You got some artists who want street credit. Like, they market street credit. They take certain incidents and turn it into marketing to try and boost the sales. You don't never see me speaking on that. I'm trying to stay away from it.
The 'Down in the DM' to 'Rake It Up' to videos, the artwork... everything is 100 percent me. If you want to sample it, if it's going to be in a movie, whatever, you gotta call me.
I'm a songwriter, actually. And when I say I'm a songwriter, I'm saying I can write songs for more than just myself.
Memphis breeds hustlers, I feel. It's just cutthroat living period, so to survive around vultures and savages like that, it prepares you for whatever profession you go in.
Back when I was growing up, gangs wasn't heavy. We was solo thugging. When we got money on our own, the hood got money. It wasn't about colors or a certain name when I was growing up. We wasn't doing no gangs. But as the generations change, things change.
Yeah, I actually went to college. I went to Southwest Community College in Memphis; I tried to go to TSU, and they denied me.
My personal career highlights would be getting my first No. 1 record, 'Down in the DM' and getting the second one now with 'Rake It Up.'
