Astro

“If it's a good movie, it's a good movie. I don't care about the genres.”

“I know I'm going to be the next big hip-hop artist. I just want to save hip-hop... that's my job.”

“I'm a germophobe, so I don't like people talking over my food, breathing, spitting, anything. Just let me eat in peace.”

“I've been writing way before 'X Factor,' and I've been doing shows before 'X Factor.' And everything I did on this show was me being me. Same way I acted in the show is the same way I act now as an artist.”

“Especially today, with the Internet, you have people who have best friends that they never met, with Facebook and Twitter and stuff. If you're really friends, it doesn't matter if I'm on the other side of the world. We'll still be friends and find a way to connect.”

“I wasn't the cool kid in school, but I wasn't the lame one. I knew I wasn't cool, so I called myself lame, and that's what made me cool in front of the cool kids.”

“Don't let people see when you're mad - just smile and laugh.”

“People aren't taking their time with the music no more. There's less quality in the records.”

“It's always been fun for me to play somebody else. I did drama class when I was younger. It kind of just happened. I never said, 'I want to act.' I just auditioned for the role, I got it. I was blessed with this opportunity to be in 'Earth to Echo.' It's fun for me; it's cool to do.”

“I want people to know that I'm not just another kid M.C. I'm actually a fan of good music and hip-hop.”

“I want to go to Jamaica, actually. My whole family's from there, so I'd like to go there.”

“I don't date girls. I date women.”

“I know, if I would have won 'X-Factor' and if I would have continued in that lane, I would have spiraled out of control. Performing on there was good, but it wasn't me. It was me compromising for the judges, just different people around.”

“I'm from Brooklyn, New York. I'm a hip-hop artist. That's just that. You're going to have to accept me or just not be a fan, I guess.”

“I'm thinking of the kids of the next generation and the music that they need to hear. Before, I was just rapping to rap. Now, I'm rapping to change the world.”

“Whatever woman I love... I gotta love her. She might be a hood rat, but she's gotta have respect for my mother.”

“No, I ain't a star - I'm just a kid from Brooklyn, living his dream.”

“If I'm extra happy or excited, it'll take me an hour or two to write a song. Or, if I'm really sad or something, it will take me about a day. But I have a specific way of writing: I just listen to the beat. I think about what I'm going to write over the beat.”

“I was 15 when I read the script for 'Earth to Echo.' I thought it was amazing, and I couldn't think of turning it down. It's awesome for a kid from Brooklyn to have an opportunity to be on the big screen. And I had a great experience learning what the movie business is like. So, I'm glad I did it.”

“I write all my own songs. Everything I did on 'The X Factor' was basically original, except for some of the live shows. Everything I did was original, and I wrote it from the heart.”