A biography for Futurehasn’t been written yet.
“If I'm the biggest artist in the world, cool, but I want to just be me.”
“My music is like a diary. I use every experience.”
“I feel a responsibility for telling the truth.”
“I'm putting everything on the line in being able to express myself in a different way than rappers normally do. They might say, 'It's rap' or 'It's R&B,' but I'm stepping outside the box and making music for me and making music for the fans to understand me. I'm going the extra distance to be able to come across different.”
“At first, Hendrix went and became a superstar in London, but if he walked past the Apollo in Harlem, no one would know who he was. I'm the hip-hop version of him.”
“I feel like guitar explains a lot. You can just listen to a guitar without any lyrics over it; you can just feel what kind of track it is. If it's pain... you can feel it. It sets the mood.”
“I try to look cool. I strategize. Sometimes it's like - that's part of the strategizing, to make it seem like I don't think about it.”
“I never get starstruck.”
“I just enjoy dressing up and getting all the new sneakers and all the hot exclusive clothes - I did even when I was young.”
“I don't take anything for granted. I know there are a million and one dudes who are rapping, wishing they were in my shoes.”
“I have a crazy work ethic. I'll do 20 songs a day. I love music that much.”
“Rihanna takes risks, and I love a woman who takes risks. It just goes to show you have your own mind and your own way of thinking.”
“It takes an astronaut so long to get to space - that's how long it takes to catch up on my music.”
“I was probably 15 when I started going to the studio with the older cats in my neighborhood. They heard me rap outside one time; I was just freestyling. And they invited me to the studio. It's good when you're accepted, no matter what crowd. That's the first step of believing you can do whatever you feel like putting your mind to.”
“My daddy didn't even sign my birth certificate. So I ain't never had his last name.”
“If you behind me, I'm not going to look back and try and figure out what you're doing behind me.”
“I'm just not going to settle for anything, you know?”