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" Gary is a old factory town right outside Chicago. From my standpoint, my family migrated there in the '50s and '60s from Mississippi - Sardis, Mississippi - shout out to Sardis, Mississippi. My family migrated there just like a lot of black families in that area: they migrated there to get jobs, to get those factory jobs, that steel mill job. "

Freddie Gibbs

Chicago

Black

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

" I've been interested in basketball since I was a little kid - like, 3. The Bulls were my team. If you grew up in Gary, the Bulls were everybody's team. "

Freddie Gibbs

Kid

Basketball

" I went to a Bulls game when it was still in Chicago Stadium before they built the United Center. "

" I still bump 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' I used to listen to it before all my football games. "

" Stuart Scott was a hero. "

" I'm so hands-on and involved in my own music that I feel like if I put the same effort into another artist, then I can definitely cultivate something great. "

" Everything don't work out for the best. You have to use a lot of those things as lessons in order to build yourself up. "

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

" Ninety percent of the general public aren't gangstas, so all of the rappers aren't going to be gangstas. "

" I wanted to be a gangsta from birth, not because of the music but moreso what I was seeing, what my uncles were doing. I was just fascinated with the street lifestyle from a young age. "

" Different rappers got different talents. It's like X-Men. "

" 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. "

Freddie Gibbs

Sports

Life

" I'm like LeBron, man. I'm like a smaller LeBron. That's why I'm not in the NBA. If I had about five, six more inches, I'd be in the league. "

Freddie Gibbs

Why

Five

" I ain't on no major. Everything independent. Either way it goes, I am doing me, and I am doing Freddie Gibbs. "

Freddie Gibbs

I Am

Independent

" Scarface is my favorite rapper. "

Freddie Gibbs

Favorite

Rapper

" Nobody else was saying what he said on air, and sometimes he pushed the envelope when he said the newest Jay Z line with a Michael Jordan highlight. But Stuart Scott was an artist. "

" 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. "

" Just give me a mic, and I'll rock it. "

Freddie Gibbs

Give

Just

" 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. "

Freddie Gibbs

Brother

Childhood

" I don't mind travelling. I'm independent, so I gotta get on the grind. "

" If you say your product is the best, back that up. "

Freddie Gibbs

Product

Say

" I just want to put my stamp on all kinds of music. Everything I do is going to be gangsta rap, street-based, street-oriented. "

" I feel like I influence more than just rap. "

" Madlib isn't a beatmaker, he's a producer. "

Freddie Gibbs

Producer

" My father took me to a lot of sports events as a child, and our TV stayed on ESPN. "

Freddie Gibbs

Child

Sports

" I played wide receiver in high school; then I went to college at Ball State and played safety. "

" I always feel like the underdog. "

" I don't like pre-written raps; I think it makes the song better if you listen to the beat first. In a sense, you have to make a marriage with the beat. I ride the beat, hear the flow of the drums, get the melody of my flow, and then from that point, it's a process of what I want to say. "

" I want to be one of the most versatile rappers in the game. "