I used to go to Saks, I would go to Bergdorf, I would go to Barneys, I would go to thrift stores in SoHo..

I don't wear diamond necklaces. I'm not against it but I never could afford it, so now I just wear gold. I wear bracelets, rings, anklets..

It would be disrespectful to take my stardom and bully my way into the fashion industry..

I want to be the first guy to help people accept everybody for who they are. I'm talking about colors, religions, sex, everybody. My music is for eve….

I love 'Harry Potter' and JK Rowling - don't laugh at me!.

I've got so much in my brain and I want to change the way we think sometimes..

A lot of energy and excitement - that's what a lot of my shows are, energy and excitement..

I hate the hype. When 50 Cent came out, people were saying that he was the best rapper alive: "Oh, he got shot nine times, he's better than Tupac, he….

For me, growing up in Harlem and then migrating down to SoHo and the Lower East Side and chillin' down there and making that my stomping ground... Th….

There's just so much out there and so much inspiration... I just want to be tasteful..

I'm starting to find out that a lot of people that you wouldn't think listen to me really do..

I would not consider myself to be a quote unquote real New York rapper. I don't even like New York rappers..

It bring a tear to my eye to see native New York people give me my props because New York is stubborn and arrogant..

When Big Meech and everybody got indicted, hustling died. Keep it trill..

I don't want people to get the impression that I just got money and now I'm cocky, because I'm not. I'm just a little overly confident..

I'm not a gay rights activist..

Sometimes I feel like what's hard for fashion designers to do is take looks from off the runway and actually put it into existence, into reality. Tha….

People don't make albums any more. It's always about singles. I wanted to take that old-school approach..

I wanted to model when I was younger..

I wanna make music that I feel proud of when I'm onstage, that I feel like I put my all into..

I was ashamed to let anyone know that I was living in a shelter. I remember one time coming home and some kids saw me and were like, "What you doing ….