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" Scarface is my favorite rapper. "
Freddie Gibbs
Favorite
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" 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. "
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" I played wide receiver in high school; then I went to college at Ball State and played safety. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't mind travelling. I'm independent, so I gotta get on the grind. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm a loyal dude. "
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" I don't ever really plan my sets. I just get out there and feel the energy of the crowd. "
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" I'm trying to bring gangster rap back to the forefront, like in the early '90s. "
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" Ain't nothin' changed with me. I'm Eastside Gary til I die. "
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" I like good music, whichever lane it comes out of. As long as it's dope, that is all that matters with me. "
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" My TV stays locked at 'SportsCenter.' That and 'Pardon the Interruption.' "
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" I think that with me and Madlib, I was never afraid to really experiment with his tracks and things. "
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Never
" He's been my number one influence. If you say Tupac didn't influence you, then you don't really need to be rapping because nobody evokes that kind of emotion on a track like Tupac does. "
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" I'm not a big video game dude though, but I like 'Madden.' "
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" 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. "
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" Gary is a really impoverished town; it's in industrial decay. There's low employment and things of that nature. "
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" I'm not trying to obey the rules of radio. "
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" 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. "
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Things
You
Yourself
" It's in the American spirit to take advantage of an opportunity. "
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American
Opportunity
" 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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" I've been known not to bite my tongue. "
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" 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. "
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" Ninety percent of the general public aren't gangstas, so all of the rappers aren't going to be gangstas. "
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" 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. "
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