I met Will Smith twice. I didn't talk to him for too long but I was trying to let him know that my age group grew up watching him - he was the coolest guy on television and the coolest guy in movies.
I started playing violin in the 5th grade. They had a program in school where you could get out of class to go play instruments. So I raised my hand, left out of class, me and a bunch of my homeboys, just to get out of class for that day. They asked what instrument you wanted to play and I picked the violin.
I now possess the tools as a producer and a songwriter to really just go out and make smashes all day long. I could make an album full of smash records that got pop appeal. But my heart is in hip-hop. My heart is in telling stories. And it's like therapy for me.
I'm a super-duper over-analyzer. You mix that with self-doubt and pressure, and that's never healthy.
I think if I did something in the pop world right now, it would be for Rihanna. I'd love to do something production wise for her.
Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.
