I Don't Care If Rick Ross Is

The Only Way For Me To Be An Artist Is To Be Honest In My Craft. If I Veer From That, I'm Not Giving The Investors What They Want. Sometimes It's My Job As An Artist To Know What I Want To Do, Even When The Fans Tell Me Different.

Artists Make Art For Themselves. Art Is An Honest Expression. Artists Who Pander To Their Fans By Trying To Make Music "for" Their Fans Make Empty, Transparent Art. The True Fan Does Not Want You To Make Music For Them, They Want You To Make Music For You, Because That's The Whole Reason They Fell In Love With You In The First Place.

Homosexuality In Hip-hop Is An Extension Of Homosexuality In The Black Community. The Black Community Is Very, Very Conservative When It Comes To Homosexuality, And I Don't Mean Conservative In The Good Way, Like We're Saving Money. I Mean Very Intolerant.

I'm Not An Artist That Has A Big, Huge Radio Record That's Going To Be On Bet. I'm Not, At This Point, Gunning For Like, "oh, I'm Gonna Kill Them In The First Week." But As People Slowly Discover The Album They Realize It's Better Than A Lot Of What They've Been Listening To All Year.

What's More Condescending And Corny Than Someone Telling You How Much More Money They Have Than You And Telling You Basically, 'i Don't Care About Poor People,' Which Is A Large Part Of What You Hear Of Corporate Hip-hop On The Radio.