I love the Velvet Underground, bro.
Scarface
I was raised with the idea that I was born dying. That with every breath you take, you get closer to your last. It's something I've always known.
When I was 5, 'American Bandstand' had a lot of good artists on there, man. That's when I really started falling in love with the jams: Gladys Knight & the Pips, Patti LaBelle, Bootsy Collins, Parliament.
I've always been infatuated with death. I'm drawn to the permanence of it and the unknown.
Whoever you are, you have to be that. You know? I was always who I was. I never changed, I never switched.
I don't like the lip-syncing-type videos. I like for people to listen to the words and see the visual.
I like to mind my business when it comes to other people's business, especially when it comes to beef.
If you listen to my music then you've been all through District D. That's the South Side of Houston, Texas. That's where I was born and raised.
Mind Playing Tricks on Me' or 'Mind of a Lunatic' were great songs. As far as my favorite Geto Boys album? None of them impress me.
Rap was an outlet for me to express myself. Nobody was trying to hear no R&B/Funk band from East Houston, so I guess I would rap.
I know how I feel about my music and how passionate I am. I'm not a fly-by-night dude.
At first, we knew what was going on in Compton by the music that we heard. We knew what was going on in Chicago by the music that we made. We knew what was going on in Houston by the music that was going on in Houston.
I grew up in a band, I play everything.
I just want to make sure I hold up my end of the bargain. My commitment is to the people that listen to my music.
My responsibility is to feed my family. My responsibility is to support myself.
Don't label me before we get a chance to talk about it. Talk to me first and see what kind of person I am. That's what I like to tell the media: Come talk to me, let's sit down and talk about what's really going on.
My cousin is Johnny Nash, 'I Can See Clearly Now' Johnny Nash. So I know what to do just by watching what he did. He had a brilliant career. He wrote one of the biggest songs in music history.
My timing came from Funkadelic, definitely.
I think that my favorite album has to be 'The Fix' because I was in a very comfortable place. Mentally, financially... I was in a great place. Def Jam really took care of me, Lyor Cohen took care of me and that's why that great. Kanye West was just starting off and being the great producer that he is - it came out incredible.
I'm a bred musician - this is generational. For me to just limit myself to rapping is a discredit to my bloodline.
I'm in Houston on the golf course doing 18 holes every day that I don't have to work or it rains.
I fought COVID double bilateral pneumonia - both lungs - and kidney failure in my house.
I was straight listening to rap at 15: LL Cool J, the Skinny Boys, Whistle, UTFO. And Run-D.M.C.'s debut was at the top of my list.
Music, that's my passion. That's what I love.
I'm one of the best producers, one of the best singers. You hear me? I'm not just one of the best rappers. I'm one of the greatest ever.
I never really wanted to write a book in the first place. Never intended to do such. I feel like I wasted a lot of my life, so I didn't feel like it was worthy of a book.
I want to be a scratch golfer. And when I'm 50, I want to play on the Senior PGA Tour.
Pac never had a license. He would mysteriously pop up with all these cars like, 'Get in. We're goin' to jail!' I ain't going nowhere with you.
I don't want people to follow Scarface. I want people to follow Brad Jordan, man.
You can sit back and point out the problems or you can address them and bring solutions to the table.
Golf is the best game that you'll never learn how to play.
I think my deepness came from Pink Floyd. And Jimi Hendrix was my idol. I always wanted to be like him.
I feel like music should be recycled. You take what you get from whoever you get it from, and you put you in it.
Growing up, I got a chance to witness a lot of struggle in my neighborhood. A lot of people struggled, myself included. As I got older I noticed that there was still a lot of struggling going on.
The more negative hype we get, the more records we sell, know what I'm saying?
You know what, if Rick Rubin would produce another Geto Boys album I'd do it.
Scarface is just a character. He's just something to look at. He's not nothing to be.
I spent a lot of time in hospitals for depression.
Jay Prince was instrumental in everything that came out of Rap-a-Lot, especially anything that had to do with the Geto Boys or Scarface.
If you notice the videos I been shooting in the past, it's always been relevant to what's going on. It's always been a different look for rap as far as I'm concerned.
Jay Prince is a real gangster. He ain't hiding behind a desk talking. He is the true living definition of what a gangster is. If you wanna see the truth and what gangster really is, that's what Jay Prince is.
I remember my uncle used to work pouring concrete and as a plumber. Now, I don't see uncles working as plumbers or pouring concrete no more. Let's open up some trades for these youngsters that are getting out of school that are not gonna go to college.
I think one man, one vote. One woman, one vote. But it doesn't work like that. It's not cool.
I play golf every day if I can, but it's not fun and games for me.
I'm serious about golf.
The game of golf slows the whole world down and gives you time to think. Inner-city kids could learn a lot about patience.
I've learned from the best. I've had the best teachers in the game.
I would spend a lot of time alone. I'd go in my room at my mom's house and not come out for weeks, just trying to find me. And I didn't always like what I found.
There are a lot of hip-hoppers who play golf.
I love 'Pac to death man but let that man rest.
