Growing up in Houston, the music scene is super boring.

I was working with Jay Z while I was still learning how to be who I was about to become.

I never produce a song, whether writing it or making a beat, and give it a wack visual or wack performance. I'm like a trifecta.

I see hip-hop as going in a self-managing place. It's very culturally controlled and artist-controlled. It's not really based on a label anymore. Everything is pretty much in the control of the artist. Which is amazing.

I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better.

Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.

Creativity was definitely a big part of our household, and I remember always writing stories and being encouraged to be creative.

What drives me is to still feel creative and like I'm pushing myself as an artist.