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The Best Thing Is To Always Keep Honest People Around, Because When You Have A Bunch Of Yes Men Around That Know That You're Making A Mistake But Let You Go On With It, That's When It Ruins Your Mind State As An Artist.

Music Was Just Played All Around Me, And I Couldn't Run From It. My Pops, He Never Learned To Sing, But He'd Have His Little Drink On The Side, And He'd Put On The Best Of His Hits - Gangster Rap Or Oldies - And He'd Sing All Day On His Mic Plugged Up To The Wall Set-up. It's A Trip. I've Just Seen That My Whole Life, So I've Always Just Had A Love For Music. By The Time I Was 13, I Really Just Jumped In It. And It's Something I Took On To Have As A Hobby.

I Don't Talk About These Things If I Haven't Lived Them, And I've Hurt People In My Life. It's Something I Still Have To Think About When I Sleep At Night.

I Went Back And Studied The Game, Was A Student Of The Game And Worked On My Craft And Dedicated Myself, You Know? A Lot Of My Music Revolves Around Me Growing Up In Compton. I Want To Tell A Different Story That's Never Been Told Before, Of A Good Kid In A Mad City.

There's A Lot Of Other Artists Doing Things Outside Of That Depth That I Enjoy - That Music That I Can Actually Have Fun To, And Not Be In Depth And Think About, Then I Appreciate That.