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.
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.
Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.
I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That's why now, even when I get tired, I think, 'This is what I asked for.'
