Musician

I can reach people the average person can't reach because I'm as grounded as I am.

I'm a blessing to whoever gets to really know me.

I don't have to be working on an album to record a song.

My mother would beat me so bad, I wouldn't be able to sit down. And I would never snitch.

I'm a King. Regardless of what I've been through and what I've done, I present myself as a King. And I get that respect from people, from everybody I deal with. I worked my whole life to establish that respect and make sure I get that respect.

I don't walk around big headed. I'm not a superstar.

One thing that people don't really understand is that as celebrity you rarely get fair treatment. You either get love or hate. It's never really fair.

A lot of artists that I've met let me know they're huge fans of mine.

I don't like anything about Drake.

When I'm at home, I don't discuss business. I don't talk business. I don't answer the phone. It's just me, my wife, my children, my dogs. That's my world.

My mom put me away at 7. I enjoyed it... Being in institutions, I got three meals a day, clothes.

Anything that's not positive, I don't have the energy to focus on it. Anything that's not going in the right direction, I don't have the time or the energy.

You can't call any one person the devil. Because no one person has the power to be the devil.

Men, we don't get much, as far as holidays go - Father's Day.

I feel like Sony appreciates good music from a talented artist.

I'm used to driving fast; I'm a New Yorker.

Every day, I get closer to God. Every day, my will to do the right thing gets stronger.

It's a waste of energy to think about what somebody else is doing and how they doing it. I'ma just do what I do.

I've read every one of Donald Goines' books. So as soon as I heard there was an opportunity for one of his novels to be turned into a movie, I jumped at the opportunity.

You can't speak for the people unless you're able to walk amongst the people. And how many of these rappers out here actually hang out with regular people?