Musician

I made 'Free Game' based on personal experiences, what I been through, my life, exposing people to the fact that I'm in the streets.

You never wanna rise to the top too fast in anything.

Kendrick was a real big inspiration for me. I seen him when I was younger... 'Rigamortis' was out... maybe I was 14... I rapped for him.

When a person go to jail, what people don't realize is you're alive, but you're dead to the world. People forget about you. When you go to jail, you're a story.

I like to talk about different subjects because then you give the people a chance to really digest something, and then take whatever they associate themselves with at the time.

I just stay in my own lane and not worry about what anyone else is doing and settling my own pace.

It takes a lot for me to be excited.

I can share my experiences with people, and they identify with it and sing it back to me. That's the best feeling in the world.

People misinterpret my lyrics sometimes too, but I mean, it is what it is.

My music is really my therapy. I really lay all my feelings into the songs, and really just leave 'em there. I don't carry that weight when I'm going throughout life. I'm not sad all the time.

I just feel like it's a blessing to be able to represent Compton.

Usually, the loudest in the room is the weakes. The quietest man in the room, who is being very observant, is the smartest and the strongest.

Never be ashamed of who you are, your story, or how you react to situations. Don't ever be ashamed of how you communicate with people. Don't ever be ashamed of the person you are. Be you.

I just make the music and then the music speaks for itself.

My pops put me on to Jay-Z and Kanye, and my discoveries would be like Future and Kendrick Lamar. I turned my pops on to Kendrick, Young Thug. I feel my mom made me play the Isley Brothers and real, real old music.

I just wanted to do something positive. I feel like music was the talent that I had, I just had to tap into it.

It's one of the essentials just to have a lighter on me, you never know what you might have to use. I like my lighters to be blue and small, they can fit in a pocket.

It's never guaranteed for somebody to be successful. It just really be God.

I grew up in church.

My biggest moments have been in Philly - I met Jay-Z and Beyonce in Philly, I did the Powerhouse in Philly.