I'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me.

You learn how to be an individual quick after 15 schools, man. After the first five or six, you realize you're always gonna be the new kid.

American music culture is black culture.

I do so much music that it's like a fog, and I can't even remember all of it.

Where I'm from is like 'Hustle & Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.

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.