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" My core thing is gangster rap, but a lot of my music is melodic and carries a message of survival. "

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

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

" I've been engulfed in sports since I was a 2-year-old; I picked up any kind of ball - a basketball, baseball, football - I just loved to play something. I loved the energy of being in arenas and watching the game on TV. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Me separating from CTE - I'm extremely happy about that because a lot of guys wrote me off, Jeezy included. He really wrote me off. "

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

" 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'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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I love Lil Wayne. I grew up on the Hot Boyz. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm a loyal dude. "

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

" I'm an educated individual. "

" Scarface is my favorite rapper. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Stuart Scott was a hero. "