Musician

I know how people see me. People see me as a rebel. People see me as maybe even ignorant. People see me as a threat or rude or whatever. It's a lot of people who just don't know me.

Just one night at a show in New York, I literally passed out and fell off the stage.

People can have whatever ideas that they like. But what I'm not OK with is my character being in question.

What's perplexing to me is that I never think it's anybody's business to know my business.

Nobody can say anything to take what's for me away from me. And I live by that.

All I have is my truth, and all I have is my truth to stand on it.

I think there are small treasures and blessings inside of our imperfections. But there are so many people in the world that oppress you for being an individual if you don't fit in with the rest of the crowd, if you don't run with the herd. It's always perplexing to me when I see people mad at other people for being who they are.

The people that you think are supposed to be there for you and be happy for you - instead they want to tear you down.

I want to make music to lift the people.

So many times we take things like eyesight for granted cause it's so natural. We wake up and we see, we wake up and we walk. It's just so natural for us. So, for me not to be able to see for 2-3 days straight, it was hell.

Having life taken away from you for a little while forces you to be more open-minded and to go live.

I feel like I don't fit in. There's not a lot of outlets for urban music, for black artists who don't have that crossover thing going early on.

When people hear my story, and see that I came from nothing, they'll see that it's possible for them too.

I don't like drama. Drama actually makes me nauseous.

I'm always so overly transparent that sometimes I'm like, damn, am I saying too much? Should I say this? Should I not say this?

Pride is a big thing that gets in the way of a lot of relationships.

I'm always actively working on being a better me.

I came into the game showing you that I'm no angel. I'm not perfect and this is why I tell people off the top.

I don't have any reason to lie about anything.

I just tell the truth.