I respect Snoop even aside from the music, just as a man, and especially the way he still represents who he is, after being a pop star and an icon. He’s done it successfully and has still been able to balance it.
My thing is that I don’t give any person that much power over the path that I’m walking. Not one person can make or break what I’m doing, except me or God.
On a mission your worst enemy is idle time.
If you 35, 28, or 30 years old, and you decide you’re gonna pick up a rag and start bangin’, and you can look yourself in the mirror and you still feel like you’re a man? That’s cool, do your thing.
I’m more focused on giving solutions and inspiration more than anything.
And it’s possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce.
If you don’t know your full-throttle history, the whole story of how you came to where you are, it’s kind of hard to put things together.
A lot of artists come into the game with a radio record, but they don’t establish the fans as fans of their style of music. It’s just that they’re a fan of that song, and after that song plays out, it’s real hard for ’em.
I’m focusing on the music, but I still got a cold library of books that I’ve either read or I plan on getting to.