It's cool to have a personal relationship with someone who's your idol. Someone whose music you used to constantly listen to, when you were hoping you could make it one day.

Donnis

Categorized in : Idols Used One Day

I'm so blessed to be breaking through right now because, how do you break through now? It took a clothing line to make people recognize me, you know what I mean? So the next kid that doesn't have that opportunity what is he suppose to do? It's really hard to break through right now. You just have to keep dreaming and keep pushing and take those right opportunities. I can't express that enough. It's crazy.

crazy blessed dream

I feel like I kind of got my own lane, but I think if you mix T.I., Andre3000, Hov and Kanye you kinda get who I am. And I'm a huge fan of all of those artists, I grew up on a little bit of all them.

kind artist thinking

I'm not going to go in and get some hooks from some niggas who don't know me, or know what I'm about.

know-me hook knows

I've got my girl records that are real feel-good and could be a radio crossover. But it's not me going in that direction, and being like, "We need this huge pop crossover record where we need this girl on the hook."

feel-good girl real

I'm trying to live with no fears and not care what anyone has to say.

no-fear care trying

I basically lived through what could have been my downfall and survived it, so whatever comes my way, I'm ready.

downfall ready way

A lot of artists just put on the people they can make money off of.

making-money artist people

I try to only work with people whose craft I believe in.

trying believe people

I hate when any rapper would just use "Rapper X" because "Rapper X" is hot at the time and put them on the record. That's not how I do my thing. I work with my friends and people I consider fam.

rapper hate people

If you can make the hits, then you won't be an Internet rapper anymore. It's good for hip-hop.

rapper hips hip-hop

I love pop music just as much as I like rap music, or ill-ass hip-hop music, or rock music.

rocks rap hip-hop

I'm not in any way selling out by having a record that's good enough for radio.

records radio way

Artwork is super-important, that's why my videos are the way they are.

video important way

When you do you, you can't lose.

loses

I don't want to be in the spotlight so bad that I'm going to sell my soul, or sell my creativity short.

spotlight creativity soul

If I'm going to lose, I'd rather lose on my own accord.

accord loses ifs

Me rapping over other people's beats doesn't mean as much as when Lil Wayne does it - no matter how hard I'm going in.

rap mean people

I want to always make sure I'm in good hands.

want hands

I've always traveled, man, so I'm always out and everywhere.

traveled men

It's a big deal in my city to have a breath of fresh air.

bigs cities air