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I grew up in church.
I ain't graduate high school.
Gotta always drink your water.
I always have positive intentions.
It takes a lot for me to be excited.
My best friend died in a high-speed chase.
I listened to Lil Wayne a lot when I was kid.
You never wanna rise to the top too fast in anything.
Oh yeah, I've got a good relationship with Marshmello.
I used to tell people I slept on the floor, in my songs.
Pineapple definitely one of my essential fruits, everyday.
I just make the music and then the music speaks for itself.
I've never been the type to be on social media all the time.
I just feel like it's a blessing to be able to represent Compton.
I really just wanted to put out songs with people that I was rocking with.
People misinterpret my lyrics sometimes too, but I mean, it is what it is.
It's never guaranteed for somebody to be successful. It just really be God.
I be on some, perfecting my craft, just making sure the music is all the way there.
I don't really be putting no limitations or projections on myself. I just go do it.
I just be wanting my fans to like, feel like I'm bringing them something nobody bringing them.
I bought some equipment and then I started recording real heavy, in my room, when I was like 16.
I just stay in my own lane and not worry about what anyone else is doing and settling my own pace.
I don't really celebrate victories. Kobe Bryant just kept playing. Michael Jordan just kept playing.
I ain't follow nobody path; I did it my own way. It's just grindin', ya feel me? You just gotta grind.
My biggest moments have been in Philly - I met Jay-Z and Beyonce in Philly, I did the Powerhouse in Philly.
My brother and me, we used to be like, 'We'll put this video out tonight, and if it did 1,000, it did good.'
I just wanted to do something positive. I feel like music was the talent that I had, I just had to tap into it.
If I'm speaking to the streets and for the streets, they gon' respond. I don't even be thinking about blowing up.
I don't play no one else's game and I don't run no one else's race because if I did that, I wouldn't be who I am.
I've always known that I have a different mentality. I can move in different ways and that's for people to realize.
I can't just close myself off to the world, because then I won't be inspired anymore. I won't be able to talk about nothing.
I like Atlanta a lot but no place beats my house. I just like the Black success in Atlanta. I loved being surrounded by that.
I can share my experiences with people, and they identify with it and sing it back to me. That's the best feeling in the world.
I met Kendrick when I was younger but he's not really the flashy type. You'd never know if he had a dollar or a million dollars.
I made 'Free Game' based on personal experiences, what I been through, my life, exposing people to the fact that I'm in the streets.
I'm still very involved in my community. I give back and I'm always there for the homies. That's one of the biggest parts of what I do.
I was anti social, but at the same time, people gravitated to that because they wanted to figure out who I was and why I was how I was.
Kendrick was a real big inspiration for me. I seen him when I was younger... 'Rigamortis' was out... maybe I was 14... I rapped for him.
I want to make people think about certain things or have them ask the question of 'why.' I just want to always keep the people wondering.
When I made 'Feed tha Streets,' those were the only 17 songs I had made, period. There was no cutting songs out or adding other songs in.
Usually, the loudest in the room is the weakes. The quietest man in the room, who is being very observant, is the smartest and the strongest.
I want to buy more property, start a couple of small businesses, and if my cousin wants to go to college, I want to put him through with ease.
I don't want people to think like Roddy is John Legend now. I just felt like once I got to a certain point, that I wanted to expand musically.
A lot of people say I got my own sound. I ain't never really got no comparisons. When people hear my music, they be like, 'He got his own lil sound.'
Usually when my music drops, I can go to my hood, I can hear people playing it. Now it comes from performing it, people knowing it and stuff. It's crazy!
When a person go to jail, what people don't realize is you're alive, but you're dead to the world. People forget about you. When you go to jail, you're a story.
With 'Start With Me,' I sent it to Gunna and he sent it right back. I didn't have to ask him. If I send you a song, you gonna vibe to it and if you don't, it's cool.
It's one of the essentials just to have a lighter on me, you never know what you might have to use. I like my lighters to be blue and small, they can fit in a pocket.
I like to talk about different subjects because then you give the people a chance to really digest something, and then take whatever they associate themselves with at the time.
I think I'ma make every hood proud. Everybody that ever seen me come up, know what I came from, know how I came up, know where I started. I feel like I'ma just make everybody proud.