Curtis Jackson

Puffy's contribution to hip-hop culture was the remix. He offered us the music that his mom played in front of him, with newer drums and younger artists. That worked, and will consistently be there. The remix comes right after the original record, that's something Puffy did to influence the culture. ”

The opportunity and the concept of merging music culture with actual boxing is exciting. It's bringing a younger demographic to the sport. ”

The new artist is meeting the general public before they meet the record company. They're able to put the material on YouTube and have a million views before they even meet an executive at a record company, and get the deal based on that. ”

I think Sean Parker damaged the music business with Napster. ”

I like to sort through music and see whatever pops out to me or inspires me. If I could have a production team going and kind of mix records with me, that would be cool; to take the records and have them sound the way I want them to sound. But I'd rather sort though music to find them things. ”

A big mistake people make when they are trying to lose weight is that they stop eating. They'll eat salads once a day and then their body starts trying to protect itself and holds onto the fat. ”

Eating well was something I learned as I started to be successful and had to travel and perform concerts, which are an intense cardio workout. ”

My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time. ”

My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time. She raised us Baptist, and when I got old enough to say I didn't want to go to church, she didn't force me. She was cool. ”

Chris Lighty was a huge portion of my actual career. It's difficult to adjust to not have someone around that's in your life, in your life. ”