Freddie Gibbs

I'm a common dude.

— Freddie Gibbs

I'm an educated individual.

— Freddie Gibbs

I am the evil seed.

— Freddie Gibbs

Drake makes some dope songs.

— Freddie Gibbs

I'm a loyal dude.

— Freddie Gibbs

I always feel like the underdog.

— Freddie Gibbs

Stuart Scott was a hero.

— Freddie Gibbs

Scarface is my favorite rapper.

— Freddie Gibbs

I feel like some artists need a record label, and some don't.

— Freddie Gibbs

Different rappers got different talents. It's like X-Men.

— Freddie Gibbs

I tried to watch 'Inception,' but I fell asleep.

— Freddie Gibbs

I feel like I influence more than just rap.

— Freddie Gibbs

I never took a dollar from Young Jeezy. No advance, nothing.

— Freddie Gibbs

Madlib isn't a beatmaker, he's a producer.

— Freddie Gibbs

I don't like rap that doesn't have a story behind it.

— Freddie Gibbs

I like A$AP Rocky and his stuff - Kendrick too.

— Freddie Gibbs

Everything don't work out for the best. You have to use a lot of those things as lessons in order to build…

— Freddie Gibbs

I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping.

— Freddie Gibbs

I think that with me and Madlib, I was never afraid to really experiment with his tracks and things.

— Freddie Gibbs

Coming up in America in the '80s and '90s, we were not too far removed from slavery. People forget that.

— Freddie Gibbs

Gary is a really impoverished town; it's in industrial decay. There's low employment and things of that nature.

— Freddie Gibbs

Back when I was younger, Very ambitious, but often blinded by my hunger. Some say I dream too big, And my dream…

— Freddie Gibbs

Ninety percent of the general public aren't gangstas, so all of the rappers aren't going to be gangstas.

— Freddie Gibbs

My TV stays locked at 'SportsCenter.' That and 'Pardon the Interruption.'

— Freddie Gibbs

He's been my number one influence. If you say Tupac didn't influence you, then you don't really need to be rapping because…

— Freddie Gibbs

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…

— Freddie Gibbs

I'm not trying to act like I'm Superman or better than anybody else in the game. I'm just telling my story, showing…

— Freddie Gibbs

Tupac is definitely an icon. There'll never be another Tupac, so I'm not gonna ever, ever try to fill those shoes. I'm…

— Freddie Gibbs

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…

— Freddie Gibbs

Jeezy just recognized my grind, and I jumped on board with him to enhance it. Artistically, we're in the same mind frame.…

— Freddie Gibbs

After I got dropped by Interscope, I knew in my heart that I had to fight back some way or not rap…

— Freddie Gibbs

I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping, 'cause…

— Freddie Gibbs

Gary is a old factory town right outside Chicago. From my standpoint, my family migrated there in the '50s and '60s from…

— Freddie Gibbs

I don't like pre-written raps; I think it makes the song better if you listen to the beat first. In a sense,…

— Freddie Gibbs

I can do a whole project with Madlib and turn around and do a record with Gucci Mane. Gucci Mane, E-40, and…

— Freddie Gibbs

My mom had me at a young age, like 20, and she was the oldest child. All her brothers were seven and…

— Freddie Gibbs

I wasn't fully aware of the things that Madlib did musically, but my manager put me up on game. I'm not gonna…

— Freddie Gibbs

I have a respect for Young Jeezy. But the reason things didn't work out for me and Young Jeezy was because our…

— Freddie Gibbs

The Bears need to let me be GM.

— Freddie Gibbs

Probably dancing to Cassie's 'Me & U' - That's my guilty pleasure.

— Freddie Gibbs