Like, I haven't even tried a cherry before, because I'm such a picky eater, and I behave like a 9-year-old.
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LeBron James - I'm such a big basketball fan, and to be in his body for a day and be able to just dunk at will, have that level of court awareness and size, oh my goodness, that would be a treat.
You hear a lot of rap songs about spending money. I thought, wouldn't it be funny to make a song about saving money because it's ironic, but beyond irony, I genuinely have pride in saving money.
Being funny is my biggest differentiator, and I think I'd be a fool not to use that, and there's nothing I enjoy personally more than making a human being laugh. But then, I also think I have a serious side to me.
I'm pretty self-aware, and I am an embarrassingly flawed human being in a ton of ways.
I have Kanye's ego to some extent.
I can't really rap the way rappers rap; I drive a 2002 Toyota Avalon.
Love is a fickle thing. But I still believe in it.
I've been working a lot with Benny Blanco; he's a producer. And I've been working with Diplo and a bunch of other people. Detail, Charlie Handsome. A variety of people.
I always dreamed of being an entertainer. So, my whole life to some extent, or from the age that I can remember onwards, I knew I was going to have to make some sort of attempt at being noticed for being funny.
My fears are never about failure - it's about extreme success.
I think, between me and Chris Brown, if you combined our games, you'd get, like, a real Division I basketball player.
People see a 'South Park' episode, and there's racially insensitive jokes - nobody bats an eye because they're expecting that in that context. In hip-hop, they don't expect that kind of thing because it's a white person in a predominantly black world.
I think everybody has their own inner rap spirit animal.
I don't think any artist has really relied on music videos the way I do. It's almost like my radio.
It's impressive to the girl that I'm texting that I have my own emojis. It adds to my charm as a man seeking love.
Lil Wayne was one of my favorite rappers.
I would say that I don't make music quickly; like, my process has been very slow, and my bar is very high, and I don't really rush to make music just to get something out there.
I will be in a position where I can afford the Bugatti, but I most certainly won't be buying it.
I remember, in fifth grade, doing a report on the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin as a rap. It was just an easy way to get an A back then because everyone was turning in boring stuff.
It is crazy how people can't understand the concept of comedy and music. It's like they have to be mutually exclusive.
Sometimes I want to be completely outlandish and funny, but sometimes I feel the need to prove myself as a rapper.
I wanted to explain that just because I'm rapping in this funny way doesn't mean that I'm not worthy of actually being evaluated as a rapper.
I knew I could rap a little bit, which is not the most unique way for being funny. The more I did it, the better I got at rapping, and then I fell in love with the craft of it, and the possibility that I was a good rapper was very intriguing.
A part of me wants to rely less and less on comedic visuals and make more substantial standalone music. And get a sitcom on TV where I can let my comedy do the talking there.
By putting this music out, I think I genuinely eliminated 80 percent of the previous jobs I was qualified for.
Because I feel like I can do so many different things, and people like my music for different reasons, I don't feel pigeonholed. I think people are always going to appreciate whatever direction I take.
Working at the ad agency showed me just how possible things were from a production standpoint.
Deep down, I want to be a big rapper. I want people to love what I'm doing.
I'm a relatively cheap person who, to me, it's not cool to overspend; it's cool to get a great deal.
Snoop Dogg and T-Pain, to me, are like legends so it's like, any time you get to work with a legend like that, it's cool.
It's hard to form actual legitimate relationships.
I grew up upper middle class.
I really don't spend my money that much unless I'm reinvesting in my business.
I'm not ever going to stop rapping. I love rap.
If I apply myself to rap, I'm gonna be the best rapper alive. If I apply myself to comedy, I'm going to be the funniest guy alive.
'Ex-Boyfriend' is a really funny story that is that much funnier when you have visuals attached to it as opposed to just hearing it. I couldn't let a song like that go un-videoed.
In my heart, I believe I'm a top flight comedian and a top flight rapper.
I don't spend a ton of time interacting, but I feel like I probably do more than most rappers/artists. I just find it interesting to be able to communicate with fans. It's cool.
I care most about what rappers think about me as a rapper, and I've gotten a lot of praise. I think rappers understand I'm a really good rapper, and that means more to me than a random person, you know, 'cause they know what goes into making rap music.
I feel like the Philadelphia sports teams are really good at having my back.
One time, I performed 'Save Dat Money' with Justin Bieber. I was at his album release party, and he was like, 'Do you want to do the song?' I was also on a date, so the date met Justin Bieber, and I couldn't have looked cooler.
Obviously, my aspirations are to be considered one of the best. Like, anyone rapping should have that mindset.
I have never been more physically tired than after that first song of my first concert.
I love rap, and part of hip-hop culture is being excessive and absurd, and I can't be excessive and absurd without sounding corny. So I have to do it in a very truthful, weird way.
The thing is, I was never really a comedian - a comedian would scoff at the notion of me as a comedian because I've never done anything, really. I've always just been some guy who's funny.
My whole initial goal was to be a comedian, so it's not like I chose to do a TV show out of nowhere. It's kind of always been goal to do a TV show.
I've always been totally enamored by hip-hop. I wouldn't say I liked it exclusively growing up. It was, like, that and alt-rock. But I always preferred it. It set a tone for everything I wanted to do in life.
I think people just have to realize that music grows, and hip-hop evolves. I mean, everything evolves.
I was lucky enough to be in the studio with Drake and Kanye before I put 'Freaky Friday' out. I showed them the video before I put it out.
