I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me.

Detroit was a bad situation for me.

My God is a God who wants me to have things. He wants me to bling. He wants me to be the hottest thing on the block.

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more.

I believe this generation should know their history and they should know that the struggle's not over yet.