A biography for Freddie Gibbshasn’t been written yet.
“We have good, neighborly people in Gary.”
“I want to be one of the most versatile rappers in the game.”
“The Bears need to let me be GM.”
“Madlib isn't a beatmaker, he's a producer.”
“Sports is one of the keys to my life. It definitely kept me out of a lot of trouble and gave me a lot of discipline.”
“I'm cool with doing shows with 2,000 people. I don't have to rap in a stadium. As long as I can provide for my family and my art and live comfortably and live well, then I'm good.”
“I feel like I influence more than just rap.”
“'Kind of Blue' is one of the best records of all time. Miles' use of space is something rap fans can definitely appreciate. Sometimes you have to let the track breathe and throw a melody in here and there. He never did too much on 'Kind of Blue.' It's the perfect vibe.”
“I am the evil seed.”
“I always want everything I do to be somewhat cinematic. I don't want to be the rapper that'll just post up and shoot a video anywhere with no real meaning to it.”
“I'd be a liar if I didn't say I learned things from Jeezy. Hell yeah, I took some things, some pluses and some minuses, do's and don'ts.”
“I have a respect for Young Jeezy. But the reason things didn't work out for me and Young Jeezy was because our approach to the industry... My approach to the industry was a tad bit different than his. I wanted to approach my career a different way; he wanted to go a different way.”
“I'm a loyal dude.”
“The neck is not something you should have surgery on that much.”
“When I first came in the game, I had a bunch of homies that rapped that was hanging around me just because I was getting the rap attention, and they felt they could feed off of that.”
“My father took me to a lot of sports events as a child, and our TV stayed on ESPN.”
“I think that with me and Madlib, I was never afraid to really experiment with his tracks and things.”
“Stuart Scott was a hero.”
“Ain't nothin' changed with me. I'm Eastside Gary til I die.”
“I'm not a big video game dude though, but I like 'Madden.'”