I just think a hustler’s ambition is that I never stop. I start off hustling and said I’ll never stop hustling. An ambitious hustler is the one to hustle the hustlers. When I grew up, my heroes were hustlers. Now I’m their hero.
With rap, it’s a funny thing. You can say things, and people can take ’em the way they wanna take ’em.
Honestly, I’m on the road so much that I never really get a chance to go to baseball games.
A lot of people question how talented I am. But I’m a real dude and I know real things and I’ve seen real people get their head blown off.
I don’t know how to be a rapper. I just know how to be me.
I think everybody knows my sound because I’m me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you’ve definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don’t plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It’s always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
I could sit right here and have a 15-minute conversation with somebody and change their whole life.
I never ever paid attention to any election.
In middle school, I had an ’87 Regal. That was unheard of.
I’ve got to pay $5 for gas just like everybody else.
This rap game is just WWF; everybody wants points off somebody else.
Music is how you feel.
You seen my shows; I bring the ’hood out.
Music is all about leadership and there ain’t really a lot of leaders.
Married to the game. If we’re dancing with the devil at least teach us how to dance when the son of making dollars.
I guess now music is so saturated and so microwaved. It’s, like, 15 minutes in the microwave and boom, you’ve got something. Nobody’s putting passion or any thought behind it anymore.
Sam Jackson is like the Jeezy of Hollywood: He’s for his people.
I ain’t never been the type of person out at the movies and holding hands and riding around listening to R. Kelly.
All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.
I don’t really feel McCain. It ain’t just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
My fans are my family, because they understand me and I understand them.