Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion.

I need drama in my life to keep making music.

If there's not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something.

I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.

Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio, you're always going to find a hip-hop tape that's all I buy, that's all I live, that's all I listen to, that's all I love.

Honestly, I'd love to be remembered as one of the best to ever pick up a mic, but if I'm doing my part to lessen some racial tension I feel good about what I'm doing.

I love the attention but I don't like too much of it.

The details surrounding both my marriage and subsequent filing for divorce are private, and I had hoped to keep them that way for the sake of my family.

I'd go to, like, six different schools in one year. We were on welfare, and my mom never ever worked.

I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I'm going to make it.