With rap, you go in the studio, you make music, you put the music out, then all of a sudden, you're a star: you have a big record on the radio, and you're on stage, and you've never done it before. Let's say your first show is 'Summer Jam,' and you're in front of 60,000 people, and you've never played an arena, ever. You're gonna suck.

I came into this music business at 26 years old. I was a fully developed man at that point. At that age, I didn't have anything to prove.

What people have to understand is 'Billboard' is a magazine. They're like elected officials - they work for us.

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