I always had a thing for writing. Even when I was in…

There's peer pressure of not being respected of having a certain amount of money, but if you know who you are, then you see…

— Jay IDK

A lot of rappers lie about who and what they are.

— Jay IDK

'Robot Chicken' was one of my favorite shows.

— Jay IDK

I wanna be the most successful socially aware artist: Grammys, number one singles, albums, overseas and internationally-known household name, all that.

— Jay IDK

My first year of high school, I attended Duval High, home of the Duval Tigers. It's located in one of most notorious neighborhoods in…

— Jay IDK

I try to take the foundations of what music is and add some type of twist to it.

— Jay IDK

People have compared me to Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Eminem, and J. Cole. They bring substance and largely are all good storytellers, and those…

— Jay IDK

I want people to understand balance. I might make a banger, and that's the way that I feel, and then I may want to…

— Jay IDK

Growing up, I wouldn't say I was poor. But my parents, although we lived in a nice, middle-class home, they had their struggles.

— Jay IDK

I'm from the DMV, which is D.C.-Maryland-Virginia - Prince George's County in Maryland, to be specific.

— Jay IDK

I do music that makes me happy by challenging myself to go the extra mile and not do what everyone else is doing.

— Jay IDK

I always went for the girls that liked the bad guys.

— Jay IDK

I'm going to be the first rapper to win the Nobel Peace Prize. I don't know exactly what it would be for, specifically, but…

— Jay IDK

If you asked me why I went to jail, the easiest explanation would be to say, 'Because I'm black.'

— Jay IDK

I think the best artists find ways to reinvent themselves. They find new ways to tell their stories, or they find new stories to…

— Jay IDK