I went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I'm doing, you know what I mean? And I think what's gon' separate whoever's gon go for something, that you ain't gon' quit.
Nipsey Hussle
Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.
Material things ain't nothing. You feel me? At the end of the day, it's who you is. You wasn't born with it; you gon' die without it.
It sounds simple telling people to work hard and never quit, but to really execute and demonstrate those principles takes discipline and faith. Those are the two factors that I believe separate the good from the great, the successes from the failures.
Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it's happening.
Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God.
I say that in the most humble way: I always knew that I could perform with the best of 'em and I could deliver with the best of 'em.
I believe that economics is based on scarcity of markets. And it's possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce.
Premature certainty is the enemy of the truth.
I identify myself as a hustler since I was a young kid.
Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can't take steps toward whatever your goal is.
You've got to have faith in what you're doing and not take no for an answer.
We don't want to wait on someone to hire us and give us a check. We want to create our own opportunities.
We represent a hustler. I think we represent inspiration. I think we represent, you know, staying down. I think we represent building yourself up from the bootstraps.
You're not going to scare me into being somebody I don't want to be.
Thought is powerful in all phases. Even in my career, even in my life, things end up exactly how I visualized them.
Black people in America, people from the struggle, immigrants, it's no generational wealth that we are attached to, so we are tasked to create - in one generation - closing the gap. That's why we so Doomsday about getting to the check: 'cause it's life or death for real.
Any time a country transitioned to a fiat currency, they collapsed. That's just world history; you don't have to know about cryptocurrency to know that.
I think everybody's trying to get to a place in themselves where they conquer what they was afraid of; they achieve some of their life goals, kept their word about what they were trying to do.
I'm at peace with what I'm doing, I feel good with what I wake up doing and about my lifestyle.
I'm not in it for fame. I've been famous in the streets already.
It's not called quitting if you quit while you ahead. It's about being aware and being strategic enough to know that you got to get out the pool at some point. You got to put your clothes back on and dry off.
If you've got a plan, it's not just like a pipe dream. You have a step-by-step list of things to do to get to your goal.
One pillar to wealth is having residual income.
I believe that we should own the fruits of our labor and the assets of our creations.
I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams.
The reason children accept discipline from their parents is because they know their parents love them.
When you talk about black entrepreneurship, you're talking about addressing the foundation of what's going on with our people when we don't have any financial power. Our basic needs aren't being met in a lot of cases, so there's no way we're going to be able to tap into our potential until we address those bottom-level base needs.
I always wanted to operate at the highest altitude, just in terms of hip-hop and the music.
I intend to inspire people with my story: motivate young people that grew up like myself, or even not like myself. Just, you know, go through the human experience.
My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years.
I got an album concept called 'Exit Strategy,' that might be one of my last ones. It's a term they use in business when you build companies. You create an exit strategy as you make a company. You don't wait till you're five years in it; you create a exit strategy as you make the company.
I always had faith in my creative capacity.
I actually met The Game in my hood on Crenshaw and Slauson. I was outside on the block with 20 of my homies. I see the Range Rover, and we all walked up to his car. I handed him my CD.
'Victory Lap,' even the title. It's the accumulation of trial and error; that's what I represent; trial and error.
When you say 'follow me on Twitter,' and you get 10 million people to follow you - you just leveraged your influence to add value to an app that you have no ownership in.
I will never say something I don't agree with or believe in... even if the reward is massive!
If you don't know your full-throttle history, the whole story of how you came to where you are, it's kind of hard to put things together.
I respect Soulja Boy.
I don't ever make moves under pressure.
From the beginning of my rap career, since I was seen and heard, I always had a store.
My experience with power, you can maintain it, or you get it taken from you. You get you some newfound power and go crazy, and it get taken from you quick.
If I inspire you, pay for it, period.
L.A. hip-hop is so different; it's so diverse. Out here, it's, like, funk-inspired; it's, like, '70s-skating-rink-inspired at times. It's Zapp-and-Roger-inspired; it's house-party-era-inspired.
I want to thank my Eritrean fans for feeling connected to me and for supporting me. I feel extremely grateful.
The artist part of me always wants to be appreciated. I read every review. But I never wanted to seek validation by awards or anything controlled by politics.
Game's always been open arms with me.
You listen to Charlie Parker or John Coltrane before they found their voice, they sounded different. And when you listen to them after they found their voice on their instruments, they sound more confident and in control. Artists have that, too.
My life is real.
Partnering with Atlantic Records creates the opportunity to take what we're doing to the next level, without compromising.
