Musician

When you're riding with your mom, and you're a kid, you'd listen to 'Dear Mama' and the radio friendly records. I used to sneak and listen to Too $hort.

I do everything for my family.

I want to be the most melodic artist. 'His music ability, the way he write, his creativity is undeniable.' I want people to say that about me.

I need to let people know who I am and instead of just trying to make great records, just be honest and make it more personal and make it more passionate, to make records with emotion and not be afraid to express that.

I'm an entrepreneur. This is my life. This my career. This the way I eat.

Rihanna takes risks, and I love a woman who takes risks. It just goes to show you have your own mind and your own way of thinking.

Man, I love being a dad. It's super fun.

I'm always a fan of good business moves.

It don't matter who I'm working with. I just feel like I want to make the best record possible.

Everybody can relate to being real or true. Somehow, someway, you want to be real and true.

I feel like I'm doing something in Atlanta that nobody ever did as far as rap. If it happens to end up on the top 40 or the pop charts, it doesn't mean I meant to go pop. It's just where the music took me. It started at the bottom, and it rises.

My style is a part of my music. You can't be an artist and not put any thought or effort into the way you appear.

Jay Z wasn't great when 2pac and Biggie was alive.

If I told a lie, then I got to come back and correct it years later. I hate that I have to be the person that touch on their life and be personal and be direct with certain situations, but man, I'm glad that it's me than them.

When I first used Auto-Tune, I never used it to sing. I wasn't using it the way T-Pain was. I used it to rap because it makes my voice sound grittier.

I don't take anything for granted. I know there are a million and one dudes who are rapping, wishing they were in my shoes.

I want to judge the nannies that's around my child. I don't want to pay for a nanny that I never met, that I never got a chance to interview. That's not the life I want for my child. I want to be involved 100 percent in all decisions made. This my flesh and blood.

My fashion sense is relatable but stands out because it's my own.

It's hard to get burned out or uninspired, man.

Where I know I wanna go is being consistent on business, and that's just making another artist, my clothing line - capitalizing off the moment. I wanna be consistently doing that - capitalizing off every move I make.