I'm just a young kid.

Hip-hop is a contact sport.

I still direct my own videos.

I underestimated the power of 'Diego.'

I'm not a hater. I've expressed this before.

I don't have a problem with anybody in Toronto.

I'm here to compete. I'm here to be number one.

I just pray to God and make sure I'm good with God.

Usher is definitely somebody I came up listening to.

I'm like one of those dudes who organically have talent.

What, do you think I'm here to be second place, brother?

Every time I do something in life, I try to outdo myself.

When I get to a certain level, I'll start going by Daystar.

I have a lot of fans, but a lot of people don't know who I am.

I like to turn the venue into a jungle gym, into my playground.

I'm here to be the guy that rubs people the wrong way sometimes.

I'm a very cultural person, and Canada is a very cultural place.

It doesn't take long to make catchy songs. That's not my problem.

My favourite singers are people like R. Kelly and people like that.

If you try to be better every day, more miracles happen in your life.

'I Told You' is for all the people who've been doubted, the underdogs.

Drake could diss me 20,000 times, and I would never diss him. I'm a fan.

I'm thankful to God that my life changed, but I'm also still on my grind.

I try to make music, all kinds of music, whether it be singing or rapping.

I just want to work with the big people and the people who make great music.

I would like to work with The Weeknd. That's my boy, though; that's my friend.

I know why I'm here. I know why I was placed in music, and it's not by coincidence.

I'm a fan of LeBron James. I'm not really a team fan; I'm just a fan of one player.

You're gonna know, if I have beef with somebody, then one of us is just falling out.

People live their lives through melodies. If you can't sing, then music is worthless.

Singing is one of the most important components to me. That's kinda how it all started.

To be selling out shows and these kids who don't speak English singing along every word? It's wild.

The way that I learned to be confident was I would ride the back of the city bus and sing very low.

Swavey, it puts more than one genre of music together. That's the approach I have with all music I do.

I like the music from Drake. I like the music from PARTY. I like music from The Weeknd, Justin Bieber.

My outlook was, 'You're not my moms; you can't tell me what to do.' I got expelled from about 20 schools.

People have to remember this - I've literally been going at this music thing since my mother passed away.

I'm a very outgoing guy when it comes to music and I like all kinds of sounds of music and genres of music.

I definitely want to work with Kanye, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande - all the big people.

Everything that comes out of Canada musically, I support. I support Toronto 100% because I'm on the side of the music.

Swavey is a musical genre that I came up with to describe artists who are too talented to stay in a box with their music.

It's not the fact that your single can sell. It's the fact that you can sell hard tickets. People will spend money to see you.

I think people have to look at it from a certain view. I say things because, at the end of the day, I can say whatever I want.

I was being very bad because I didn't know how to express myself. Music gave me an outlet to express myself and channel that anger.

I'm getting money over here. I'm good, I'm young, I'm finally in a position to feed my family; please don't take that away from me.

When the 'greats of all-time' put out their first albums, it wasn't a thousand features on it. And I'm one of the greats in my eyes.

One of my favorite reggae songs is Wayne Wonder's 'No Letting Go.' And Sizzla 'Give Me A Try.' That's one of my favorite songs as well.

We just want to be No. 1. Is there a problem with that? Can I be the best? Can y'all watch me be great? Will y'all allow me to do that?

I don't write anything down - it comes from my head and my soul and my heart and my pain. That allows me to make the best music I can make.

I dropped out of school; I got fired from my job. Those were my roughest moments, but I always knew through it that I was going to be great.

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