I'm at a point where I don't have to wait for the income from the record to survive, so I'm in a comfortable zone, but I'll make rap records as long as I feel I have something to rap about.

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I have to grow with my audience.

I have to grow with my audience.

So you don't have to take us too seriously; I mean, we're already intimidating enough...

So you don't have to take us too seriously; I mean, we're already intimidating enough...

We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an...

We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an...

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.

I ain't got no beef with east coast, I think it's just being hyped up.

I ain't got no beef with east coast, I think it's just being hyped up.

Well, I am very happy that I was able to play a part in bringing...

Well, I am very happy that I was able to play a part in bringing...

As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me...

As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me...

I'm on the front line and I am a rapper.

I'm on the front line and I am a rapper.

I'll never sell 14 million like Hammer, I just wanna do a good Ice-T show.

I'll never sell 14 million like Hammer, I just wanna do a good Ice-T show.

The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to...

The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to...

Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though...

Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though...

Everything we do helps the new artists in the long run.

Everything we do helps the new artists in the long run.

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.

I'm competitive in that I would like to outsell my last record.

I'm competitive in that I would like to outsell my last record.

Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.

Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.

If it sells, it sells. If it doesn't sell, I'll go make a movie.

If it sells, it sells. If it doesn't sell, I'll go make a movie.

As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they...

As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they...

AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you...

AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you...

Any New York group can come to L.A. and sell out every show, but an...

Any New York group can come to L.A. and sell out every show, but an...

If you're really a rapper, you can't stop rapping.

If you're really a rapper, you can't stop rapping.