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Hip-hop Definitely Taught Me A Lot. Having To Create Your Own Identity And Become Known And Respected In A Male-dominated Field - It Requires Some Guts. There Are Times You Have To Be Strong, And Times When You Have To Stand Alone For What You Believe In.

My Mother And I Definitely Got To A Point Where We Had To Have A Real Conversation And Talk Woman To Woman, Or Daughter To Mother, Friend To Friend - Just Off The Record, Clear The Air And Communicate. I Didn't Want To Drive My Mama Crazy, But At The Same Time, I Had To Do, I Had To Learn, I Had To Grow And She Understood That. She Knows Me Better Than Anyone Else On The Planet So I Tried To Think About That.

Sometimes You Do Have To Bank On Yourself. You Do Have To Believe In Your Ideas Enough To Really Get Out There And Fight For It Despite What People Think Of Some Young Kids From The Hood.

When I Was Around 18, I Looked In The Mirror And Said, 'you're Either Going To Love Yourself Or Hate Yourself.' And I Decided To Love Myself. That Changed A Lot Of Things.

I've Never Been The Straight Rapper That Is Going To Stand In A Cipher And Battle All Day. I Started Off Battle Rapping, But To Me, Making Songs Became More Important Than Freestyles... I've Met Many Rappers Who Can Freestyle But Can't Make A Record.