Freddie Gibbs

He's been my number one influence. If you say Tupac didn't influence you, then you don't really need to be rapping because nobody evokes that kind of emotion on a track like Tupac does. ”

I had a nightmare that I was mopping floors and that this Freddie Gibbs thing was all a dream. ”

Probably dancing to Cassie's 'Me & U' - That's my guilty pleasure. ”

I ain't on no major. Everything independent. Either way it goes, I am doing me, and I am doing Freddie Gibbs. ”

I don't mind travelling. I'm independent, so I gotta get on the grind. ”

I'm cool with doing shows with 2,000 people. I don't have to rap in a stadium. As long as I can provide for my family and my art and live comfortably and live well, then I'm good. ”

My mom had me at a young age, like 20, and she was the oldest child. All her brothers were seven and 10, so I was like a younger brother more so than the oldest child. I was the younger brother to all my uncles, so they were going through their childhood and their teenage years, and I was right there. ”

My father took me to a lot of sports events as a child, and our TV stayed on ESPN. ”

I've always played that role in my family: the breadwinner. ”

Gary is a really impoverished town; it's in industrial decay. There's low employment and things of that nature. ”