Freddie Gibbs

I'm not a big video game dude though, but I like 'Madden.'

— Freddie Gibbs

I wanted to be in the NBA. I wanted to be in the NFL.

— Freddie Gibbs

The neck is not something you should have surgery on that much.

— Freddie Gibbs

I don't have no... I love Lil Wayne. I grew up on the Hot Boys.

— Freddie Gibbs

I grew up on N.W.A., Geto Boys. My dad was listening to that.

— Freddie Gibbs

Just give me a mic, and I'll rock it.

— Freddie Gibbs

I've always played that role in my family: the breadwinner.

— Freddie Gibbs

Ain't nothin' changed with me. I'm Eastside Gary til I die.

— Freddie Gibbs

I'm not really comfortable with being on songs with cats I don't really know.

— Freddie Gibbs

Most of my show is just improvisation. It goes with the energy of the crowd.

— Freddie Gibbs

I still bump 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' I used to listen to it before all my football games.

— Freddie Gibbs

I don't really know what a debut album is no more. As long as you got music on the streets, you've debuted.

— Freddie Gibbs

Sports is one of the keys to my life. It definitely kept me out of a lot of trouble and gave me…

— Freddie Gibbs

Maybe you's a stank ho, maybe that's a bit mean/Maybe you grew up and I'm still living like I'm sixteen

— Freddie Gibbs

When you go to places like Gary and Detroit, you see the economic problem in this country and who it's really affecting.

— Freddie Gibbs

I played wide receiver in high school; then I went to college at Ball State and played safety.

— Freddie Gibbs

When I first came in the game, I had a bunch of homies that rapped that was hanging around me just because…

— Freddie Gibbs

I've been engulfed in sports since I was a 2-year-old; I picked up any kind of ball - a basketball, baseball, football…

— Freddie Gibbs

I'm like LeBron, man. I'm like a smaller LeBron. That's why I'm not in the NBA. If I had about five, six…

— Freddie Gibbs

I study my competition for at least an hour a day. I get on the Internet, I look at what they doing,…

— Freddie Gibbs

Nobody else was saying what he said on air, and sometimes he pushed the envelope when he said the newest Jay Z…

— Freddie Gibbs

I don't think you can be a good musician if you just listen to rap, or just the [type of music] you…

— Freddie Gibbs

You have to evolve and change but you're always gonna get that street edge out of my music regardless. That's who I…

— Freddie Gibbs

I don't have to rap in a stadium. As long as I can provide for my family and my art, and live…

— Freddie Gibbs

I'm not trying to obey the rules of radio.

— Freddie Gibbs

I've been known not to bite my tongue.

— Freddie Gibbs

A lot of improvisation and freedom went into 'Pinata.'

— Freddie Gibbs

I ain't never detached myself from Gary.

— Freddie Gibbs

'Pinata' is a great rap record for jazz fans.

— Freddie Gibbs

When everybody goes left, I'm gonna go right most of the time.

— Freddie Gibbs

We have good, neighborly people in Gary.

— Freddie Gibbs

I love Lil Wayne. I grew up on the Hot Boyz.

— Freddie Gibbs

It's in the American spirit to take advantage of an opportunity.

— Freddie Gibbs

I started hustling in early adolescence.

— Freddie Gibbs

If you say your product is the best, back that up.

— Freddie Gibbs

I want to be one of the most versatile rappers in the game.

— Freddie Gibbs

Eminem heard my music, and he didn't wanna take a meeting with me.

— Freddie Gibbs

Lil Wayne makes good music. He's one of the best rappers.

— Freddie Gibbs

I'm trying to bring gangster rap back to the forefront, like in the early '90s.

— Freddie Gibbs

I like good music, whichever lane it comes out of. As long as it's dope, that is all that matters with me.

— Freddie Gibbs