While I understand the Howard Stern comparisons to help contextualize my craft for other people, and while I relate to the moral stance he took against a bigger corporate machine, that’s probably where our similarities stop.
Remember the Titans' is one of my favorites, not so much because of the actual record, but because there's so many different backstories.
I was just rapping as a pastime and I became good at it. So much so that by the time my Def Jam contract was in front of me, I didn’t have a rap name.
I always viewed myself as kind of hip-hop’s outcast, or hip-hop’s stepson.
There's no one aspect of my life that is more hidden than others. I mean, everything is pretty much an open book in every regard: relationships, personal, business, music, family, problems, demons, everything is well documented.
I may catch some flack for this, but the Jersey style I feel is just very different from New York. When I hear a Jersey MC spit, I can just hear New Jersey in them. To where as NY, that style has been broadcasted so nationally that it’s just a natural sound in music.