Looks can be a blessing and a curse. But I don’t try to run from it, I embrace it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But if they were going to call me a pretty boy, I’d much rather them call me pretty or handsome based on the fact that I am a good father, based on the fact that I’m a good person, that I was a faithful husband, that I respect people, that I look for the good in people. That’s what made me pretty and that’s what makes me a good guy.
But do you use your looks to win over audiences?
I’ve been getting that question a lot. Definitely I am going to use my looks if that’s what I have to do to win over the audience. I may not have them forever, if that’s the case. I may not have the six-pack forever so while I have it, I’m going to use it.
Missy commented that you think you’re a superstar. What do you think of that?
I still don’t know to this day what the motivation behind the comment was. I walk around like I am a superstar. I don’t let others define me. I am going to be in this business for a long time. I don’t think that I am a superstar. I know that I am a superstar. The world just doesn’t know it yet. I just live my life real confident. I don’t make like a plan B.
Was your relationship with Nilyne serious?
Nilyne and I talk every day even now. It’s not as serious as I think the show made it out to be. But it was serious. She was one of the people who I connected with on the bus the most. We grew really close. We shared a lot about the things that happened in our past and out of all the people, Nilyne and myself and Eddie still keep in touch pretty much every day. But, of course, I’m single.
Missy had you guys doing a lot of emotional exercises. Do you feel like you're more in touch with your feelings after being on the show?
...The way they depicted my "character," it seemed like the only raps I have in my notebook are raps about women. But, you know, if someone was actually to look in my notebooks, there are actually a lot of things I rap about. I rap about my divorce, which is therapy for me. I rap about my relationship with my son, which I think is therapy...That is what a real MC does. You’re always writing to heal yourself.
