“If you born in the mud, you gonna be dirty, and people don’t understand that.”

If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.

I’m not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I’m not into that. You do your job, and I’ll do mine.

I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that’s how I started my career.

The real is always presented. That hardcore record or movie is not needed in the hood, because it’s already there. You can see it with your own eyes.

I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I’m a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.

My advice for anyone who wants to follow in my footsteps: create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.

Creating is really what I like to do. The best thing in the world is to have an idea in the back of your head and then to make that idea into a movie and have people all over the world enjoy it.

I love music. It’s freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.

Sometimes you got to start somewhere. And it’s cool, as long as where you start is not where you plan on finishing.

There’s nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to have a plan to come out that box.

The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.

If I only had 24 hours to live, I would spend the time telling everybody I love that I love them.

I do what I do. You like it, great. You don’t, go listen to somebody else. I’m stickin’ with the people who stuck with me.

Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.

I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain’t bad, just some of them.

The hardest period for a writer is the period in-between writing. That’s when you can go crazy if you don’t allow the creative juices to flow.