I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there.

I don't consider myself an A-list celebrity or a big dog, but every time I meet somebody, even rappers who've been in the game for years... they're like, 'Man, I'm trying to get on your level.'

I see myself as like the lead singer of a band or something.

Just growing up in Pittsburgh and knowing different neighborhoods, having family there and just loving it, it's like no other place.

There's people who I admire like... Dr. Dre, Puff Daddy, Master P, people who built their stuff and are still going.

When you're from the East Coast or you're from the South, people expect you to sound a certain way. So if you don't sound that way, people won't label you as that type of artist. For me, I had a whole new lane to create for myself being from Pittsburgh and being a Midwest artist.