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" 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. "

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" 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

" The things I rap about are 100 percent real. But at the same time, I don't rap about those things to tear my city down. I give you the reality of what it is and what I been through and how it is living in those conditions in Gary, Ind. "

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

" I like good music, whichever lane it comes out of. As long as it's dope, that is all that matters with me. "

Freddie Gibbs

Good

Music

" I'm not a big video game dude though, but I like 'Madden.' "

" I'm a common dude. "

Freddie Gibbs

Dude

Common

" Lil Wayne makes good music. He's one of the best rappers. "

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

Freddie Gibbs

People

America

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

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

" 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

" It's in the American spirit to take advantage of an opportunity. "

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

" 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. "

" Every project might only sell like 30 to 50,000, but I mean, I'm getting seven, eight dollars every CD. I make more money per record than an artist on a major label - I can definitely say that. "

" I can do a whole project with Madlib and turn around and do a record with Gucci Mane. Gucci Mane, E-40, and Black Thought on the same record. I like all those rappers, so why can't I work with them in some type of capacity? It just speaks to my versatility. I don't just listen to one type of rap. I listen to all of it so I can make all of it. "

" When you go to places like Gary and Detroit, you see the economic problem in this country and who it's really affecting. "

Freddie Gibbs

Detroit

You

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

" 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 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 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. "

" Eminem heard my music, and he didn't wanna take a meeting with me. "

Freddie Gibbs

Heard

Meeting

" Drake makes some dope songs. "

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

" I study my competition for at least an hour a day. I get on the Internet, I look at what they doing, and then I look at ways to defeat them. I know their mixtapes track-by-track. I know some of their lyrics. "

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

" 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. "

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

Freddie Gibbs

Give

Just