My legacy is that I will hustle and grind. No one will stop me from hustling. I'll be where God wants me to be.
August Alsina
People will throw stones and hide their hands and then get back and play victim.
Nothing scares me. Nothing actually shocks me anymore.
Nobody can say anything to take what's for me away from me. And I live by that.
It always baffles me how people can lift you up so high and make it seem like they love you then you do one thing wrong and it's all of a sudden you the devil and you evil and everything you do from then on isn't right.
Some days I'm up, some days I'm down. But I think one thing that does get you moving is hope.
I'm a man of many emotions, so I'm a human being, and I think that's what people tend to forget sometimes.
We live in a crazy world. You don't know what's going to happen.
I feel older than I really am. It's because of the cards I was dealt.
People can have whatever ideas that they like. But what I'm not OK with is my character being in question.
I'm always actively working on being a better me.
I'm from downtown New Orleans. Downtown consists of the 7th ward, the 8th ward, the 9th ward.
My music is a gift from God that saved my life.
Of all my childhood memories, I don't have any good ones.
What's perplexing to me is that I never think it's anybody's business to know my business.
People think that money and fame fixes and changes so much. Money does give you assistance and resources in this life. But you think that life will become easier, and that's not necessarily true.
I think there are small treasures and blessings inside of our imperfections. But there are so many people in the world that oppress you for being an individual if you don't fit in with the rest of the crowd, if you don't run with the herd. It's always perplexing to me when I see people mad at other people for being who they are.
I'm pretty expressive. And when I love something or love someone, I express that.
I've always been the underdog, and I've always had to work much harder than the next person just to get a look. But I feel like that's Black people as a whole, to be honest with you. We have to do so much more and work so much harder to get certain kinds of looks within this industry.
I have trust issues.
I've had fans break into my hotel rooms.
Whoever wants to be caught up in my life, first of all, you should be living yours because I'm damn sure not worried about your life.
Always stand 100 with yourself.
There are Black women who die while trying to give life to newborns because Black people are always overlooked, under-cared-for, underprivileged. It's been what it has been since the beginning of time. I know from my own experience dealing with the health-care system, having to spend so much money to go to the doctor and still be overlooked.
No one is doing what I'm doing and I'm not doing what they're doing.
I could never say that I regret being given the gift of experience and love.
I feel hurt and pain times a million, all the time.
I'll tell you what bothers me. This music business is so crazy. They think everything is a game, or everything is a fad or trend to win. I see people saying, 'My next album is going to be my honest album, the whole truth, nothing but the truth, my deepest secrets, the soundtrack to my life.'
Having life taken away from you for a little while forces you to be more open-minded and to go live.
I'll tell you what's crazy: Nobody in my family is musically inclined, no form, fashion, anything. I always had some type of connection to music though. This was long before I ever knew that I could sing, or I ever even tried to start singing. It was something different, man, it made me feel some type of way.
I want to live my life on full. I want to die empty, whatever that means - giving myself to my three kids now, giving myself to love or a relationship, giving myself to my career, devoting myself to being a healthy person. I have to give my full self to something, because that's what makes me feel alive.
Product 1' was really my introduction into the game.
We all battling different things. Me? I'm just able to channel that through my music.
When I do music, I'm really getting the devil up off me.
I'm a human being and I'm a man, so don't disrespect me.
I feel like God gave me my life for that reason to share with other people that may be like me or not like me.
All I have is my truth, and all I have is my truth to stand on it.
It's easy for people to talk about the negative.
Contrary to what some people may believe, I'm not a troublemaker.
Pride definitely causes a lack of communication.
I'm so focused that sometimes I feel like I don't need to eat.
Just one night at a show in New York, I literally passed out and fell off the stage.
The people that you think are supposed to be there for you and be happy for you - instead they want to tear you down.
I have a liver disease where my autoimmune system is fighting against itself.
Reality is I'm sick all the time.
I don't like drama. Drama actually makes me nauseous.
I just tell the truth.
I always had a love for music, but I was watching 'Sister Act 2' with Lauryn Hill, and I heard her sing, and I was just like, 'Man, I want to do that.' The whole movie overall was an inspiration for me.
I had over 10 seizures.
I came into the game showing you that I'm no angel. I'm not perfect and this is why I tell people off the top.
