It's important to love in hip hop.

Game's always been open arms with me.

If I inspire you, pay for it, period.

Compton got such a legacy in hip-hop.

We're not the cause, we're the effect.

My music is influenced by L.A. culture.

I don't ever make moves under pressure.

Anybody that doesn't like Cardi B a hater!

On a mission your worst enemy is idle time.

I feel that luck is a product of hard work.

Killing and gangbanging, that's just wrong.

I pay attention to politics and technology.

None of my peers avoided prison. None of 'em.

Premature certainty is the enemy of the truth.

One pillar to wealth is having residual income.

I built a label at the same time I built a career.

I built a company at the same time I built a career.

I identify myself as a hustler since I was a young kid.

I knew 'Crenshaw' had elevated me and distinguished me.

Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.

I'm not in it for fame. I've been famous in the streets already.

I'm the type person, my safe place to be emotional is the booth.

Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God.

You're not going to scare me into being somebody I don't want to be.

I'm more focused on giving solutions and inspiration more than anything.

My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years.

You've got to have faith in what you're doing and not take no for an answer.

At the core, one of my original goals is to redefine what the streets expect.

Luck is just bein' prepared at all times, so when the door opens you're ready.

As much as I'm a black person from America, I'm a black person from Africa, too.

Gangbanging is a survival instinct, regardless of how anybody tries to paint it.

One of my mentors schooled me on branding before it was a cliche term in the game.

I get a more passionate delivery when I just go in the booth and let the music talk.

I believe that we should own the fruits of our labor and the assets of our creations.

I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams.

From the beginning of my rap career, since I was seen and heard, I always had a store.

All the smart money got they bets on me / And all the real niggas wish the best for me

I always wanted to operate at the highest altitude, just in terms of hip-hop and the music.

I realized the power of hip-hop. I realized how influential this music and this culture are.

And it's possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce.

I will never say something I don't agree with or believe in... even if the reward is massive!

Look at Pusha-T. He makes a certain type of rap music. 'Daytona' is that on the highest level.

When I first stopped going to high school, I was about 15, 16. It had to be, like, 2000, 2001.

I think you can give a pure artistic product if you understand how to build your own industry.

Doing music to pay bills is an uncomfortable situation. I never wanted to be in that situation.

I'm at peace with what I'm doing, I feel good with what I wake up doing and about my lifestyle.

I try to sprinkle a little gems and jewels in the music that people could use in their own life.

I grew up in an environment where being polite was taken as a weakness. So I just fought everybody.

A solution built by an artist serves the artist more than the solution the capitalist comes up with.

The reason children accept discipline from their parents is because they know their parents love them.

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