On my block, we grew up like family. Summer times, man, psshh, we in the back in the alley or in the front on the block. Somebody has some music playing, and nine times out of ten, it's soul music. We got whatever we drinking that day, we got some food, we probably even grilling. It's just a good time.

You cannot have black music without something soulful in it, whether it's lyrically, how it's performed, or how it's expressed.

I love loyalty, and I love paying back my end of loyalty, you know what I'm saying? I love making it full circle.

Chicago taught me when to talk, taught me when to shut up, taught me when to stay, taught me when to go. And really it all forms to make BJ the Chicago Kid.

Falling in love in our generation just isn't as popular as it used to be.

What's love without a soundtrack, you know?