In the early 2000s, I was going through a lot. I didn't have my head screwed on right. Where I was at as a man, I was still growing up..

When I sit here and see that the eight brothers from the neighborhood that I grew up with still have success, it had to be magical..

L.A.'s always been good to me..

When you devote yourself to being an artist, you have to stay on your craft and always try to get better and better..

Soul music has so many great artists who put their thing down. That's important..

In order to be one of the greats, you've got to study the greats..

No question I would speed for cracks and weed The combination made my eyes bleed..

All I did was take my time, figure out where I made a lot of mistakes and try not to make them no more..

When you think of a chef you think of somebody that could cook - you don't think of chef that says, 'Yo, I make only steaks'. No. A chef knows how to….

But 'Cuban Linx' was a project that really needed to come, and I really wanted to get it off my chest because I know that the fans were really skepti….

I'm very unpredictable, but at the end of the day, I'm working. Sometimes things change in my life. It's like, 'Hold up - that ain't feel good. That ….

As an artist, it's so important to create music that puts a chill through your body or does something to make you feel good. I think my album has a l….

I think a lot of people can learn from listening to hip hop. It ain't always about beats and rhymes..

Call me the rap assassinator / rhymes rugged and built like Schwarzenegger.

You know, I'm a product of my environment, gettin' into everything you know a kid my age would get into, a lot of negativity was surroundin' me. And ….

The better you get, the more your legacy shines. I always just try to go hard. If you don't want do it for real, don't do it at all..

I got beef with commercial-ass niggas with gold teeth Lampin' in a Lexus eatin' beef..

When I'm making the music, I feel like everything I throw out has to work. It counts. Because if you don't have people turning they neck all the way ….

To be honest with you, I don't have one track that I consider better than the next because all I'm trying to do is still grow as an artist. I got way….

Whether you hear me come out with another album or whether you hear any one of the Clan members, we're always going to involve everybody. When I look….

I love the energy that comes when I get on the mic. It keeps me creative and I love to hear what the fans want, what they love or hate about it..