Nipsey Hussle

"Black people in America, people from the struggle, immigrants, it's no generational wealth that we are attached to, so we are tasked to create - in one generation - closing the gap. That's why we so Doomsday about getting to the check: 'cause it's life or death for real."

"Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it's happening."

"I got an album concept called 'Exit Strategy,' that might be one of my last ones. It's a term they use in business when you build companies. You create an exit strategy as you make a company. You don't wait till you're five years in it; you create a exit strategy as you make the company."

"I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams."

"I pay attention to politics and technology."

"I was never ignorant, as far as being experienced in classrooms and learning about different subjects and actually soaking it up, so I checked into college for a little bit. I took classes at a community college in West L.A. I took psychology, English, and philosophy."

"I'm at peace with what I'm doing, I feel good with what I wake up doing and about my lifestyle."

"I'm not in it for fame. I've been famous in the streets already."

"It sounds simple telling people to work hard and never quit, but to really execute and demonstrate those principles takes discipline and faith. Those are the two factors that I believe separate the good from the great, the successes from the failures."

"It was always a plan that we were going to have a retail side with what were doing musically, like an Apple store or Nike Town. I wanted something where you can come get everything - 'Marathon' or 'All Money' or 'Crenshaw' - and make it like an experience. Especially with what Crenshaw and Slauson meant to my story."

"My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years."

"You've got to have faith in what you're doing and not take no for an answer."