You cannot have black music without something soulful in it, whether it's lyrically, how it's performed, or how it's expressed.

There's something about real music, dawg. It comes to you; you don't have to go to it.

What's love without a soundtrack, you know?

My whole childhood was church. But as an adult, I've grown to understand my relationship with God versus how I sing. People in church are like, 'You sing the devil's music,' but I believe in balance. I can't just party with you. I got to help you, too.

On my block, we grew up like family. Summer times, man, psshh, we in the back in the alley or in the front on the block. Somebody has some music playing, and nine times out of ten, it's soul music. We got whatever we drinking that day, we got some food, we probably even grilling. It's just a good time.

What I do isn't black music; it's just my music.