When I got a plaque, when I got a No. 1, a cover of 'XXL,' these are the types of things that let me know I'm aligning with the artists I looked up to.
The fact is, I'm the biggest rapper from Memphis, I help a lot of rappers from Memphis.
Labels don't want artists to put out mixtapes because they don't monetize it.
If you a rapper, attention can turn into money.
I'm not a ranter on Twitter or Instagram - that ain't how I'm rocking.
What scared me was my mother getting evicted from my house. Seeing them repo my momma's car once. Wondering if I didn't provide for her where she was going to be or if I didn't provide for her, where my sister was going to be. Those are the things that scared me.
'Back 2 Da Basics' was my way of saying I'm done and out of the streets and I'm going to get a record deal and be a rapper for real.
When you live a certain way for so long, that's the only way people can see you. I don't necessarily mean that's who you is or you can't change, but it's a stigma that they put on you when you're from a place where I'm from. That's one way of looking at 'Trapped.'
It's a difference between a good rapper and 'king of the city,' they're two different things. You can be a better rapper than me, that don't mean you're king of the city.
I Am' is the album that displays a little growth. The record, to me, is bringing the streets back.
I'm a success story. Everybody from Memphis knows that, that's why don't nobody question it.
'Letter to the Trap' is a real approach on how I really feel. It's like when you're in that culture and you're living that life, there's always obstacles when trying to get out.
Trap music to me isn't just a sound. If we're talking about what I think trap music is, I couldn't say that I created it or no one created it, because if you were living the same life that I was living and you're speaking about it, we just speaking about our endeavors in that world.
I think CMG is gonna grow and only get bigger and bigger. We're gonna continue to find the right talent and do everything that's necessary because I got an 'I will not lose' mentality.
I'm just a go-getter. I tell people all the time - I feel like I'm supposed to be successful, no matter what I'm doing.
I never tell my artists how to rap or how to approach a song. I let them do the song.
I am one of those cats who doesn't believe in putting everything from your personal life out. I come from the motto 'if they know less it's better.'
I got a lot of respect for Kobe.
The conditions in the prisons operated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections are absolutely inhumane and unconstitutional.
If you're misleading the little homies, you ain't no real big homie to me.
