We Hurt People That Love Us, Love

When I Go Into The Studio - It [words] Has To Sound The Way I Heard It In My Head. So That's Probably One Of The Biggest Things That Separates Me When I'm Working In The Studio - Just How I Hear Certain Things.

I Want You To Recognize That I'm A Proud Monkey...

The More People I Meet, The More Cultures I Start To Embrace, The More People I Open Myself Up To - It's A Growing Process I'm Excited About. But It's Also A Challenge For Me, To Be At This Level And Still Be Able To Connect With Somebody Who's Living That Everyday Life. At First It Was Something I Struggled With, Because Everything Was Moving So Fast. I Didn't Know How To Digest It. The Best Thing I Did Was Go Back To The City Of Compton, To Touch The People Who I Grew Up With And Tell Them The Stories Of The People I Met Around The World.

When I Look At Comedy, It's All Self-expression. I Apply That Same Method To My Music. I Came Up Listening To N.w.a And Snoop. Like Them, It's In Me To Express How I Feel. You Might Like It Or You Might Not, But I Take That Stand.

I Always Felt Like There Was A Certain Standard Of Music That I Had To Do From The Beginning, Even When I Didn't Have The Recognition That I Have Now.