YG

My mom and her whole side of the family, they all from Compton.

I'm saying us - our culture, our race, our people - we need to do better.

They try to make it seem like trouble follows me, but since my first album came out, I ain't had nothing happen at my show that had something to do with me.

I'm paranoid.

I love my daughter.

I appreciate breathing and smelling and seeing.

On the 'Blacks & Browns' record, it's me and Sad Boy. He's a Hispanic artist, and we're talking about what we got going on with our peoples.

I really live my life looking over my shoulder.

The first album was going to be called 'I'm from Bompton,' and then I changed it to 'My Krazy Life.'

I can't tell you who to vote for, because you have to do your homework to see who you connect with and see what they're pushing.

It's not our land; it's not made for us. It's America. That's how it was designed. We came here as slaves. It wasn't designed for us to win.

I ain't come from money.

I'm trying to make sure my kids' kids got paper.

I had a daughter, and that's a good thing.

I been in the streets for a long time. They know me. They see me. They heard stories.

Def Jam was always trying to get me to put out an album because I had 'Toot It and Boot It.'

It's hard to stay vegan and eat right when you're moving around so much, but I've been off that alkaline water heavy, though.

I went vegan.

I don't want to make people think too much.

I'm a storyteller... a preacher.

I'm a rapper, not a singer.

I have trust issues. For reasons, though - plenty of reasons.

My heart is numb. It's not broke, it's numb. It's numb because of hard situations.

The streets made me who I am.

My family is always praying for me.

Stress come with life, period, bro.

I'm happy with my success.

On God, when you come to New York, it's, like, work.

New York is turnt. It's really like 25 hours out here. 25/8.

I just feel like, as time go by, I'm realizing certain stuff, and I see certain stuff not happening. I'm just steppin' up.

I'ma stay consistent. I'ma deliver. And I'ma keep using my platform to uplift people who I feel got what it take or deserve it or just - you feel me?

I got two clothing lines - I got the 4hunnid clothing, and I got the Bompton clothing.

I love the fans and the supporters.

I had parties in church halls. My mama knew people that had venues and all that, and I knew a lot of people from forever. I was always popular growing up. She used to get me the spots, and I used to have parties. Probably about 300, 400 people.

I was spending my own money on videos, spending my own money on radio, doing all that.

I was in a situation where I was a West Coast artist signed to an East Coast label.

I was in jail, and I got signed three months later.

I feel like when you successful, it's more stress 'cause it's more stuff you dealin' with.

In the record business, if you sign an artist that don't really know too much about the business, you can really get over on them in a lot of different ways, so it's a lot of people that don't give artist the game because they're trying to make the most money in the fastest way off their artists.

I want to do - I want to be putting out classic stuff that's gonna stick and last forever, you feel me?

I worked on 'Who Do You Love?' for, like, six months, really trying to, like - when I got it, I got it, but I was working on it for a minute cause I never had nothing to it. I couldn't get the flow or nothing. Then I just got it.

I'm bringing what Snoop and Dre was bringing to the game.

Out of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, I would rather Clinton be president, but just overall, I would rather Obama have a third term.

My music is just me, something people are gonna turn up to; the girls are gonna dance.

I have to have homies around me at all times.

I have a house in Hollywood with a studio in it.

Before Mustard was even making beats, he was my DJ. He was doing all my shows with me before I was even cracking, back in, like, '08, '09.

I got a platform and a game. I got, like, people who look up to me, who listen to me.

Everybody gotta vote. I can't go tell you who you should vote for because I don't know what you got going on or what you tryna get.

People look at me like YG the turnt-up dude, hit singles and all that. And, yeah, that's me, but I'm for my people, too.