I can buy anything I want now. It hasn't changed me personally. It just changed what I can do for myself and my family.
I've been with Def Jam Records for five years and they gave me my first recording contract so for that I'm forever grateful.
I grew as an artist and a person. I'm just ready to work, get this money, get this new fan base and tour all over the world.
I was 17 when I first started rapping and 18 before I started taking it seriously - when I really knew I could rap and have fans and be a trendsetter.
You got to have a strong mind if you fall back. When you fall back, they going to count you out. So you got to have a strong mind and know your worth. When you come back, you've got to be different and even more better.
What really broke it down was I had my son while I was locked up, so that really affected me. I can't really have this, knowing my father was locked up when I was small. So that really out of everything - through the fame, the money, everything - that really put the toll on me: 'Oh yeah, I gotta change.'
No shade to the other artists in Chicago... but if you got confidence in yourself and you know you're Number One, say it.
Death can happen anywhere, but kids in Chicago, like 4 years old, can get shot. You don't really hear that in too many places.
I just moved to Atlanta so the change of scenery and environment put me in a different mood and a different vibe, both good.
'Trap House' is one of my favorite songs off '300 Days 300 Nights' mixtape, I sent it to Thug, he loved it and knocked it out on the spot in Atlanta.
I would say I grew without a doubt. My whole energy in life - as an artist and as a person - has definitely got me smarter and wiser.
'L's,' it represents life. That's what I represent it as, life. When you throw the L's up for life, you can't go wrong. Like, no gang-banging, nothing like that.