When I was growing up, man, I didn’t know myself. I was striving for respect. Trying to be cool for the girls. I wasn’t the biggest dude and I’m a nice guy. Lil B Read Quote
I don’t have any contracts, so I don’t have to split any money up. That was my main thing – just making sure I’m taking care of myself and taking care of Lil B. Just learning to survive, for myself and as a human in America. Lil B Read Quote
The Warriors are a lifestyle. I love every Warrior that stayed. They represented Oakland with pride. I love the Warriors. I love Oakland. I love the people. Lil B Read Quote
My perspective of capitalism growing up in Berkeley, Calif. in a low-income project, growing up poor, is that capitalism wanted to destroy me, they wanted me to become a worker. Lil B Read Quote
I’m a real guy. I’m not money-laundering. I make money off music, and music is my source of income. It feels good. I’m not selling T-shirts, I’m not doing none of that other crap. Straight music. Lil B Read Quote
I really like Damian Lillard, I like Iman Shumpert’s raps, Stephen Jackson, Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant. Those are my favorite ones. I like Lonzo Ball, don’t know about him as a rapper yet, but I know he’s cool. Lil B Read Quote
I feel like my place is to connect hip-hop… with the youth, the older, the middle. Just everybody that’s listening to me. My place in hip-hop is really to just connect and show positivity. Put my vibe out there. Lil B Read Quote
I came in the gate as an African-American poor kid wanting to be a neurosurgeon but – with American life and the places I was put due to American history and laws and the oppression of black people – I had to make it work in other ways. Lil B Read Quote
Rappers are definitely role models and definitely should get involved. They’re involved in politics whether they like it or not. Lil B Read Quote
Sometimes I’m dealing with so much business, and my mind will be so stressed, that I’ll go a week without writing… But the benefit of doing everything yourself is that you get a major payoff. Lil B Read Quote
