Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward. Read Summary
Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it's happening. Read Summary
I went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I'm doing, you know what I mean? And I think what's gon' separate whoever's gon go for something, that you ain't gon' quit. Read Summary
You've got to have faith in what you're doing and not take no for an answer. Read Summary
I believe that we should own the fruits of our labor and the assets of our creations. Read Summary
You're not going to scare me into being somebody I don't want to be. Read Summary
I'm not in it for fame. I've been famous in the streets already. Read Summary
Black people in America, people from the struggle, immigrants, it's no generational wealth that we are attached to, so we are tasked to create - in one generation - closing the gap. That's why we so Doomsday about getting to the check: 'cause it's life or death for real. Read Summary
As I got older, my pops tried to keep me involved with the culture by telling me the stories of the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, how he came to America, and about our family back home, because all that side of my family - my aunties, grandparents - is in Africa. Read Summary
If I inspire you, pay for it, period. Read Summary
I always had faith in my creative capacity. Read Summary
I realized the power of hip-hop. I realized how influential this music and this culture are. Read Summary
I believe that economics is based on scarcity of markets. And it's possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce. Read Summary
When you talk about black entrepreneurship, you're talking about addressing the foundation of what's going on with our people when we don't have any financial power. Our basic needs aren't being met in a lot of cases, so there's no way we're going to be able to tap into our potential until we address those bottom-level base needs. Read Summary
I'm the type person, my safe place to be emotional is the booth. Read Summary
Any time a country transitioned to a fiat currency, they collapsed. That's just world history; you don't have to know about cryptocurrency to know that. Read Summary
Every artist wants something different out the game. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
It sounds simple telling people to work hard and never quit, but to really execute and demonstrate those principles takes discipline and faith. Those are the two factors that I believe separate the good from the great, the successes from the failures. Read Summary
Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God. Read Summary