I literally have never lived anywhere longer than two years in my life. I never just stuck anywhere.
— JaVale McGee
I'm a producer and not a rapper. So I can make any style of music I want. I can make an EDM beat. I can put an EDM track out one day and I can put a grungy hip-hop track out the next day, like, it doesn't matter.
I just do whatever I want to do.
Sometimes I go in and try to write beats, but I just trash 'em, and then the next time I go in, I'll make like six beats - six legit, nice beats. I'm really particular with how it needs to sound.
Yeah I definitely rep the city of Flint.
I stay in my lane and do what I want to do. I don't worry about the outside world.
I guess I'm a utility player where I can do it all.
My favorite artists would be Drake, Future.
I always look at Akon as inspiration, and the fact that at one point Lady Gaga was signed to Konvict Muzik.
I'm just a big kid, basically. I love to have fun.
For lunch, it's usually a salad with sunflower seeds, cucumbers, celery, and a lot of vegetables.
I've always been in love with film and music.
I have extreme ADD.
Whatever happens, however fast it's supposed to happen, it'll happen.
I've always been a high-percentage shooter, obviously because I'm dunking and laying the ball up.
Sometimes I think some things just happen and are meant to be.
I think about all the time how I'll be able to say that during my career, I played with the greatest players of my era. Hopefully, I'll be able to say I won championships with those players.
I'll stay in the studio for 12 hours at a time, just producing music and making records. It doesn't feel like 'Oh man I've got a job to do.' It's more like 'Oh man I didn't even realize I've been there this long.'
When I got to the NBA, I got a Macbook, and the first thing I did was buy Logic.
I love L.A., L.A. was beautiful for me.
I'm on Instagram, and all my fans on my Instagram are basketball fans - like 90 percent.
I grew up in Flint, Michigan so I'm used to broken promises so I don't look forward to anything. I look forward to the now. I don't even like planning trips more than a week ahead because you don't know how you're going to feel a week from now.
I'm not really a vengeful person.
My main goal is to help the team as much as possible anyway I can. If they need me to shoot the three, I'll shoot the three. If they need me to run the floor and block shots, I'll do that also.
I'm actually good friends with Diplo, and we've talked about collab'ing.
I don't do anything malicious or anything in a negative manner. I'm all about positivity and making people smile is positive.
I love being around positive people and making people smile.
For breakfast, I'll have some oatmeal, avocado toast, and a shake.
I don't see the point of Twitter, so I write a lot of stuff to mess with people. But because I used to do dumb things on the court, people think I'm dumb in regular life. But once people meet me, they feel dumb themselves.
I'm not boring.
Being on a team with four All-Stars is unheard of.
My career was dwindling down and I got to be in Golden State for two years and show I still have it.
I was in Dallas and I had gained weight and knew becoming a vegetarian was the quickest way to lose it. I just wasn't sure if I could do it.
I feel like there was a belief that I couldn't play more than 10 minutes in the league because of asthma or because of anything.
I'm JaVale McGee, the basketball player, funny guy, whatever, whatever. But I'm just really passionate about music and I don't want people to look at it like 'Oh he's just doing it to get famous.' I'm already pretty famous as is, so I'm not really trying to do it for the money.
If you put negative things out about anyone every day, they're gonna start believing it, sorta like propaganda if you think about it.
I don't think people understand how good LeBron is.
During the season, the main focus is always basketball.
The fact that rich people get free stuff and poor people have to pay, it's backwards.
I wish I could do more in Flint but they estimated the amount that it would cost to fix Flint and it would be a little over $1 billion and I'm definitely not a billionaire. It's extremely heartbreaking the way the city is being treated in my opinion.
Personally, I've always been a philanthropist. I've always given away turkeys and did gift giveaways.
I don't think people realize that I produce like 90 percent of all my music, except for the songs that I co-produce with people.
People around the NBA really think that I'm dumb or stupid. But people that know me know that I'm actually very intelligent.
Dinner is usually just pasta with mushrooms.
When I do things, I just fully commit to it.
Some people think I'm dumb, but I feel like things I say, especially on Twitter, are done purposely, because I'm bored.
I don't even believe in hope. I just let it happen.
I've always loved blocking shots.
Personally I'm just trying to take advantage of every moment that I get.
As a kid, you always wanna play for either the Lakers or Boston just for the rivalry alone.
