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

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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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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'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. "

" I always want everything I do to be somewhat cinematic. I don't want to be the rapper that'll just post up and shoot a video anywhere with no real meaning to it. "

" I never took a dollar from Young Jeezy. No advance, nothing. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I feel like some artists need a record label, and some don't. "

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

" I'd be quiet as a mouse if I didn't have the correct feeling about my music. I feel like I'm able to talk about it and say I'm one of the best because I think I got the music to back that up. I got the live show to back that up. That's all that matters. "

" I'm not trying to obey the rules of radio. "

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

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

" I look at some of my fans at my show, and a lot of them look like they're straight out of a punk rock show. They like what I'm coming across with. I had seen them same thing when I went to this Scarface show, so it lets me know that I'm on the right track. "

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

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

" I'm just glad we get to see old records being broken. That's what sports is all about. "

" I grew up on N.W.A., Geto Boys. My dad was listening to that. "

" 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. "

" Scarface is my favorite rapper. "

" 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. "

" I'm a loyal dude. "