Who did you listen to when you were younger?Tupac was one of them. I listened to a lot of Tupac growing up. I felt like he spoke to me. I felt like his music motivated me; he gave me a chip on my shoulder.

Drake, my generation. When we was growing up, we looked up to rappers that was older than us. We didn’t really have any rappers that was speaking about things we were going through. Now [with] me at 27, you got Wale, you got J. Cole, Drake; you got people that are talking about things that I’m particularly going through today.

Drake, my generation. When we was growing up, we looked up to rappers that was older than us. We didn’t really have any rappers that was speaking about things we were going through. Now [with] me at 27, you got Wale, you got J. Cole, Drake; you got people that are talking about things that I’m particularly going through today.

Nowadays I listen to J. Cole. I listen to J. Cole a lot; I think he’s so talented. He speaks about a lot of things that I go through in my mind.

If you could pick one hip-hop song to be your theme song, what would it be?I think I’m going to go with Kanye West's “Champion.”

What's your favorite hip-hop album?That’s tough. I can listen to Reasonable Doubt front to back. That’s one. I’m going to say Reasonable Doubt, and I’m going to put it out there.