I'm from Gary, Indiana, and everybody's damn near at the poverty level. It's a rough city to grow up in, and it's a modern-day ghost town. — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
The things I rap about are 100 percent real. But at the same time, I don't rap about those things to tear my city down. I give you the reality of what it is and what I been through and… — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
You've got a lot of Tupac clones, but I don't think I'm one of them. I just think I give people a little piece… — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
I don't like people being something that they ain't, and we got a lot of that in rap right now. — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
I went to a Bulls game when it was still in Chicago Stadium before they built the United Center. — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
My core thing is gangster rap, but a lot of my music is melodic and carries a message of survival. — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
Most of my show is just improvisation. It goes with the energy of the crowd. — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
You have to evolve and change but you're always gonna get that street edge out of my music regardless. That's who I am. That's… — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping. — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
