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

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" 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. "

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

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

" I wasn't fully aware of the things that Madlib did musically, but my manager put me up on game. I'm not gonna act like I was a Madlib head when I wasn't. I didn't understand a lot of it at first. But it opened my mind to some things, and it's me bringing that gangster element to things that he does. It's like a perfect marriage. "

" I have a respect for Young Jeezy. But the reason things didn't work out for me and Young Jeezy was because our approach to the industry... My approach to the industry was a tad bit different than his. I wanted to approach my career a different way; he wanted to go a different way. "

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

" I've been known not to bite my tongue. "

" A lot of improvisation and freedom went into 'Pinata.' "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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'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. "

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

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

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

" Scarface is my favorite rapper. "

" The Bears need to let me be GM. "

" The neck is not something you should have surgery on that much. "

" I feel like with a lot of Madlib's beats, they are made for storytelling. I feel like when I'm working on stuff with him, I can really get into the storytelling aspect mode of my flow. "

" 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. "