1. “Material things ain’t nothing. You feel me? At the end of the day, it’s who you is.”
2. “Life is what you make it, I hope you make a movement.”
3. “Don’t waste your time. It doesn’t make you rich.”
4. “Get that dirt up off your shoulder, step yo game up.”
5. “You’ve got to have faith in what you’re doing and not take no for an answer.”
6. “Don’t worry ’bout what people gon’ say. Girl, do what you want to.”
7. “Get everything you want, then go back and get some more.”
8. “Dedication, hard work, plus patience.”
9. “The game is gonna test you, never fold. Stay ten toes down.”
10. “The game will test you never fold. Stay ten toes down. It’s not on you, it’s in you. And what’s in you, they can never take away.”
11. “The most important thing is to get rid of doubt. If you got doubt in what you’re doing, it’s not gonna work.”
12. “Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.”
13. “Success is being able to do what you love to do and support yourself off of it.”
14. “Spoke some things into the universe and they appeared, I say it’s worth it, I won’t say it’s fair. Find your purpose or you wastin’ air.”
15. “Instead of trying to build a brick wall, lay a brick every day. Eventually, you’ll look up and you’ll have a brick wall.”
16. “One small misunderstanding can show you exactly how a person really feels about you.”
17. “A solution built by an artist serves the artist more than the solution the capitalist comes up with.”
18. “I always had a passion for rap music and I was always trying to create a situation where I could do this full-time.”
19. “As human beings everybody has a natural gift and a natural passion.”
20. “You got to get rid of doubt, if you doubt what you’re doing it’s not going to work.”
21. “On a mission, your worst enemy is idle time.”
22. “I don’t know about hell, I don’t know about heaven. All I know is ’bout right now and this lifestyle is interesting.”
23. “I feel like true greatness comes from truth, and being able to accept what comes with that.”
24. “I always wanted to operate at the highest altitude, just in terms of hip-hop and the music.”
25. “Hope opportunities don’t knock when there are opportunists in your group.”
26. “Dedication, hard work, and patience are the keys to success.”
27. “I realized the power of hip-hop. I realized how influential this music and this culture are.”
28. “Success or greatness comes with a rollercoaster ride. Anybody can apply the marathon concept to what they do.”
29. “I grew up in an environment where being polite was taken as a weakness. So, I just fought everybody.”
30. “Ownership is everything. Own your mind. Mind your own.”
31. “Proud 2 Pay – that’s something that distinguishes me, that’s something that defines me, and we’re going to keep that going.”
32. “Cause if you share your success and not your struggle, you’re a fool.”
33. “Seize the opportunity, believe, and take control of it. Then get on your marathon and grind it ’til it’s over with.”
34. “And it’s possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce.”
35. “Control your time—use every minute wisely.”
36. “If you don’t know your full-throttle history, the whole story of how you came to where you are, it’s kind of hard to put things together.”
37. “Create a plan and then attack it — a dream without a plan is a wish.”
38. “Study your queen, so that you can give her what she wants without asking.”
39. “I’m not in it for fame. I’ve been famous in the streets already.”
40. “Play the game like I’ve never won once.”
41. “Before rap, my last name was my lifestyle, and when I visualize success, it looked like right now.”
42. “I call it ‘dropping the rope.’ You’ve got to drop a rope. Everybody got to climb up, but you gotta drop the rope.”
43. “I believe that we should own the fruits of our labor and the assets of our creations.”
44. “I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams.”
45. “I’m not into trading ownership of the only asset I have, which is my intellectual property.”
46. “Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.”
47. “I think you can make a pure artistic product if you understand how to build your own industry.”
48. “Hoping as you walk across the sand you see my shoeprint.”
49. “We’re not the cause, we’re the effect.”
50. “Premature certainty is the enemy of truth.”
51. “I’m at peace with what I’m doing. I feel good about what I wake up doing and about my lifestyle.”
52. “The best thing you can do for a person is to inspire them. That’s the best currency you can offer — inspiration.”
53. “To me, respect comes first.”
54. “Instead of trying to build a brick wall, lay a brick every day. Eventually, you’ll have a wall.”
55. “At the core, one of my original goals is to redefine what the streets expect.”
56. “When your intentions are pure you don’t lose anyone, they lose you.”
57. “And we were raised wrong but we stayed strong and we kept it real, we got faked on.”
58. “People, if you break down the music, you could find the truth.”
59. “Be truthful with yourself and other people, and try your best to make decisions outside of your ego.”
60. “The company you keep has a large influence on the situations you bring to yourself.”
61. “Success, to me, is just being able to do what you love to do and support yourself all through.”
62. “I just believe in ownership. I believe in investing in yourself – your foundation should be strong.”
63. “My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years.”
64. “Grind hard, stack your money, and stay out of the way.”
65. “If what I believe is proved to be wrong, then I guess I’m a miracle.”
66. “If you’re a hustler, you should find somewhere to capitalize off that and turn it into some money.”
67. “You can’t do nothin’ to change your set, but you can do somethin’ to make your set great.”
68. “Hoping what I’m doing truly makes my mama proud, ‘cause for a very long time, I was the reason for her frowns.”
69. “I never wanted to alienate my brand for business. I always wanted to keep it authentic and keep it as pure as I could.”
70. “The reason children accept discipline from their parents is because they know their parents love them.”
71. “One of my mentors schooled me on branding before it was a cliche term in the game.”
72. “A solution built for humanity, leaving nobody out.”
73. “You’re not going to scare me into being somebody I don’t want to be.”
74. “I’m focusing on the music, but I still have a cold library of books that I’ve either read or I plan on getting to.”
75. “If you look at the people in your circle and don’t get inspired, then you don’t have a circle. You have a cage.”
76. “Some times you have to take two steps backward to take two steps forward.”
77. “It’s strictly business in this game, still they faking friendly. Don’t let them take advantage of you.”
78. “I don’t ever make moves under pressure.”
79. “It’s important to celebrate yourself and your accomplishments, but stay hungry.”
80. “Been stabbed in my heart so much, I learned to smile while I bleed.”
81. “I never wanted to alienate people. So that’s why I always put the homie first.”
82. “I try to sprinkle little gems and jewels in the music that people could use in their own life.”
83. “Be your own biggest fan, your own biggest believer, and put it on your back and carry the weight.”
84. “I was raised differently because even if you wish me the worst, I will still wish you the best.”
85. “Luck is just being prepared at all times, so when the door opens, you are ready.”
