In Harlem, I Got All My Black

So For Me, Fashion Was About Standing Out As An Individual - And It Helped Me Get The Attention That Most People Try To Get With Publicity Stunts Or By Doing Other Crazy Things. But I Just Let The Attention Come To Me Naturally, And I Think Some Of That Has To Do With My Fashion.

I Was Ashamed To Let Anyone Know That I Was Living In A Shelter. I Remember One Time Coming Home And Some Kids Saw Me And Were Like, "what You Doing Here? This Is A Shelter!" But I Was Like, "my Mom's Working There." It Was Pretty Embarrassing.

I Thought Highly Of Myself Growing Up. I Still Do. There's Not Really Much Somebody Can Say To Me To Bring Down My Confidence Or Anything.

I Know That Women Are Smarter Than Men. I Don't Wanna Sound Like I'm On A Bandwagon For Chicks But I Do Love 'em, Can't Front. Women Are Smarter Than Men. I Know I Gotta Lot Of Chicks Up My Sleeve But You Guys Are Twice As Good.

When I Started, I Was 23 Years Old Directing My Own Music Videos; I'm Co-producing On My Album; I'm Hands-on With Everything. I'm More Than Just A Pretty Boy: I'm An Artist. I'm Not Saying I'm A Hip-hop Music Artist, I'm An Artiste.