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" Coming up in America in the '80s and '90s, we were not too far removed from slavery. People forget that. "

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" I had a nightmare that I was mopping floors and that this Freddie Gibbs thing was all a dream. "

" I'm from Gary, Indiana, and everybody's damn near at the poverty level. It's a rough city to grow up in, and it's a modern-day ghost town. "

" This is the land of getting over. The land of second or even third chances; the land of doing whatever you have to do by any means necessary in order to fulfill the American Dream. "

" I think that with me and Madlib, I was never afraid to really experiment with his tracks and things. "

" I'm not trying to act like I'm Superman or better than anybody else in the game. I'm just telling my story, showing my strengths and weaknesses - as a human, as a person, as a man. "

" Ain't nothin' changed with me. I'm Eastside Gary til I die. "

" My mom had me at a young age, like 20, and she was the oldest child. All her brothers were seven and 10, so I was like a younger brother more so than the oldest child. I was the younger brother to all my uncles, so they were going through their childhood and their teenage years, and I was right there. "

" Probably dancing to Cassie's 'Me & U' - That's my guilty pleasure. "

" I don't ever really plan my sets. I just get out there and feel the energy of the crowd. "

" I don't really know what a debut album is no more. As long as you got music on the streets, you've debuted. "

" I tried to watch 'Inception,' but I fell asleep. "

" I wanted to be in the NBA. I wanted to be in the NFL. "

" I think that 'Pinata' album is going to stand the test of time. It's going to be a moment in hip-hop, whether people know it or not. It's nothing else like that in rap. It's going to forever hold its place. "

" Sports is one of the keys to my life. It definitely kept me out of a lot of trouble and gave me a lot of discipline. "

" I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping, 'cause my dad sang: I saw him deal with the ills of the music industry, just on the outside looking in. "

" After I got dropped by Interscope, I knew in my heart that I had to fight back some way or not rap at all. I just took it upon myself to get myself where I needed to be. "

" I'm not really comfortable with being on songs with cats I don't really know. "

" Tupac is definitely an icon. There'll never be another Tupac, so I'm not gonna ever, ever try to fill those shoes. I'm just gonna stay in my lane and be the best me that I can be. "

" There's some dudes that did Gangsta Grillz tapes who probably weren't worthy of it - their label just put up the bread, or they did a favor. "

" I just have to go against the grain. I mean, I can be objective and do what I need to do, handle my everyday living, follow directions, etc. But there's something that's always been attracted to that taboo. It's been like that since I was a child. "

" I remember I used to go school with guys who couldn't afford notebooks, pens, paper: the necessary tools needed in order to survive in school. It's a lot of kids in Gary who are at a disadvantage without that. "

" I never write a song before I get the track because I just feel that I have to make a marriage with that track with my raps. And if it's something that's already there, it ain't gone really fit, I don't think. "

" I don't like rap that doesn't have a story behind it. "

" When everybody goes left, I'm gonna go right most of the time. "

" My TV stays locked at 'SportsCenter.' That and 'Pardon the Interruption.' "

" Gary is a really impoverished town; it's in industrial decay. There's low employment and things of that nature. "

" You've got a lot of Tupac clones, but I don't think I'm one of them. I just think I give people a little piece of the feeling he gave them. "

" I've always played that role in my family: the breadwinner. "

" I'm cool with doing shows with 2,000 people. I don't have to rap in a stadium. As long as I can provide for my family and my art and live comfortably and live well, then I'm good. "

" I like A$AP Rocky and his stuff - Kendrick too. "