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When you devote yourself to being an artist, you have to stay on your craft and always try to get better and better.
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.
Teachers literally break down at the thought that if their students have a bad a test day, their job is on the line.
Nowadays, you gots ta walk the street and watch your back, Cause brothers with the gats don't be knowin' how to act.
That's how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who made us who we are. We never forget that.
Some of y'all are not where you want to be in life, yet you party every weekend. What is it that you’re celebrating?
If you want to take what I've learned and use it to your advantage, just listen and you won't have to go through it.
These are the pieces of my youth, the small secrets and the not-so-great expectations that defined my coming of age.
A lot of young kids like myself use Instagram because it has swag - its more personal, and your friends generate it.
Here's the grey rule: embrace things that lead you closer to Jesus, and reject things that lead you away from Jesus.
Be grateful for blessings, Don't ever change, keep your essence. The power is in the people and politics we address.
I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me. I got shot five times. People was trying to kill me.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you do, you'll be successful.
If another girl ever steals your man, there's no better revenge than letting her keep him. REAL MEN CAN'T BE STOLEN.
There's people who I admire like... Dr. Dre, Puff Daddy, Master P, people who built their stuff and are still going.
Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.
Look at the Prius. It's a nerd car. Yeah, you're being environmentally friendly, but your dating life is gonna suck.
'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.
I am overwhelmed for whatever I have achieved so far. I give the credit to my mother and everyone who has helped me.
Billy Joel is an incredible musician. He just feels like one of the guys, you know. I grew up listening to his music.
Whenever I cook, I think of Spanish music, so I always have to listen to some sort of salsa. It gets your body going.
I want to be an artist you cannot categorize at all. You can't put a box around me. You can't put anything around me.
They keep telling me that my flow's up to date, you know. I guess they thought I was gonna come back sounding... old.
You know the wisdom is reflected in the knowledge when it's manifested; If not fed in due time, the mind is anorexic.
Being on stage, it's like, "Ooo-kay, now I remember why all this is going wrong or right!" It's very much my element.
There's nothing more special than talking in your community, and using your celebrity to uplift people and help them.
I've seen it all before. Now that it's over I shoulda known better than to think this was real and you could be mine.
Wayne is my favorite person to work with though, because ooohh, oohh, Lil Wayne is just too good, he's just too good.
I swear these niggas gassed up, even though the price is high. I could own half as much clothing and be twice as fly.
How you mean? How you mean? What you know about the team? You just know what you get told girl I see behind the scene
You put the tea in the kettle and light it. Put your hand on the metal and feel it.. but do you even feel it anymore?
I've been in the game a long time. I've done all sorts of different types of music. From mob music to the G-Funk era.
Five or six songs leaked from the original version of 'Encore.' So I had to go in and make new songs to replace them.
Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can't get it out, I start feeling bad about myself - a lot of self-loathing.
I've put myself in this position where I haven't set myself up with a Plan B. I don't have a safety net; it's all in.
I think the special stuff [music] still finds a way to be heard, as long as you pair it with a good release strategy.
I try to listen to all music with an open head, a clear head, try not to say just because I don't know it, it's weak.
I go to the club just like a normal person. I might go to the studio, but I go everywhere like a normal person would.
I never want a fan to come and hear what they hear on their iPod, its about creating a unqiue and awesome experience.
I don't watch daytime television, I have a job, I work and, you know, I think daytime television is really for women.
Some artists think every woman is a groupie, and that every dude is a sucker, and I never looked at people like that.
People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
On a serious note, we don't think we're trying to be so different, it's just that everyone else is trying to be same.
I was always taught not to answer no questions. I'm not really good at answering them because I get agitated so fast.
Hip-Hop is being spoken through spirituality... Meaning that you'll be able to listen to it spiritually for yourself.
We celebrate our intelligence, possessions, looks, talent, and achievements. Heaven celebrates how we used all of it.
Everybody can relate to being an outsider, having to deal with that, and having to wrestle with how people view them.
I've done a good job of not putting myself in a box, being able to transform, and not being scared to try new things.
Sometimes I'll be driving and a lyric will come into my head, and I will have to pull over and record it on my phone.
Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot.