And basically I always said when I was little that if I ever became successful or a celebrity, I would buy her this huge house and she would never have to work anymore. And I've done that. So I feel happy about doing that.

I want to make something commercial that people can pick up on.

I want people to feel the heat while they walk down the street and they're just kickin' it.

I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there's some kind of unity in hip-hop. We all found something that's really important to us, and music is all we've really got.

I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine.

I love my mother. She's my first love. She has been through a lot and is a sole survivor.

I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father.

Everybody is doing the same old thing.

I'm not a person that's walkin' down the street looking mean all day.

Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music.

No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing.

When you turn on your radio, you don't always want to hear about someone shootin' some person. Even if that's the lifestyle they live, people don't always want to hear it.

When it comes to size, most people don't want to see themselves looking bigger than what they are.

I want to be cutting-edge.

Now everybody's sampling.