A biography for YGhasn’t been written yet.
“I grew up with my moms and pops. Pops was in jail for, like, three years.”
“That's something we real big on - just being real, authentic, being yourself, not letting this lifestyle change you.”
“When I'm outside the studio, there's some paranoia.”
“I eat breakfast most times.”
“Everybody gotta vote. I can't go tell you who you should vote for because I don't know what you got going on or what you tryna get.”
“On my mixtapes, I just rap. I just lay out a lot of situations.”
“I had a daughter, and that's a good thing.”
“You gotta raise your kids, take care of your family.”
“I'm paranoid.”
“I'm a rapper, not a singer.”
“Stress come with life, period, bro.”
“Black people love Hispanics; Hispanics love blacks. We grew up with each other. We share a lot of the same stuff.”
“I had parties in church halls. My mama knew people that had venues and all that, and I knew a lot of people from forever. I was always popular growing up. She used to get me the spots, and I used to have parties. Probably about 300, 400 people.”
“Knowledge is dangerous when you're a person of colour. It makes you a powerful individual, and that's what 'Stay Dangerous' represents.”
“I'm growing as an artist.”
“I just woke up one morning, and I painted my Maybach red - I wrapped it, matter of fact, red - and I thought, 'I might as well change my album to 'Still Brazy' 'cause I gotta be real with myself.'”
“People look at me like YG the turnt-up dude, hit singles and all that. And, yeah, that's me, but I'm for my people, too.”
“I just like music, bro. I listen to everyone.”
“If I was president, all the food in the grocery stores would be organic.”
“I want to do - I want to be putting out classic stuff that's gonna stick and last forever, you feel me?”