The reason I can achieve so many different feelings is because the people I listen to have always been so diverse. — Jay IDK Copy Share Image
If you asked me why I went to jail, the easiest explanation would be to say, 'Because I'm black.' — Jay IDK Copy Share Image
I always had a thing for writing. Even when I was in school, I was always good at writing. — Jay IDK Copy Share Image
Growing up, I wouldn't say I was poor. But my parents, although we lived in a nice, middle-class home, they had their… — Jay IDK Growing up Copy Share Image
I do music that makes me happy by challenging myself to go the extra mile and not do what everyone else is… — Jay IDK Extra mile Copy Share Image
I think the best artists find ways to reinvent themselves. They find new ways to tell their stories, or they find new… — Jay IDK Art Copy Share Image
I'm from the DMV, which is D.C.-Maryland-Virginia - Prince George's County in Maryland, to be specific. — Jay IDK Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things that money can't buy, and once you realize that is how you break free. — Jay IDK Copy Share Image
Everyone who watches Adult Swim knows there's a sound to it, a feeling that's nostalgic sometimes, but then it's also different and… — Jay IDK Copy Share Image
When I started my writing process for 'Empty Bank,' everything had to do with money. It was at a time in my… — Jay IDK Life Copy Share Image
My first year of high school, I attended Duval High, home of the Duval Tigers. It's located in one of most notorious… — Jay IDK Copy Share Image
There's peer pressure of not being respected of having a certain amount of money, but if you know who you are, then… — Jay IDK Being Copy Share Image
I wanna be the most successful socially aware artist: Grammys, number one singles, albums, overseas and internationally-known household name, all that. — Jay IDK Albums Copy Share Image
I want people to understand balance. I might make a banger, and that's the way that I feel, and then I may… — Jay IDK Balance Copy Share Image
In 2010, I attended Prince George's Community College in hopes of transferring to The University of Maryland. My major was computer science,… — Jay IDK College Copy Share Image
I'm going to be the first rapper to win the Nobel Peace Prize. I don't know exactly what it would be for,… — Jay IDK Change Copy Share Image
People have compared me to Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Eminem, and J. Cole. They bring substance and largely are all good storytellers,… — Jay IDK Copy Share Image
I went to jail at 17. While I was there, I discovered that I could write. Once I started making some songs,… — Jay IDK Copy Share Image
I try to take the foundations of what music is and add some type of twist to it. — Jay IDK Foundations Copy Share Image
I like to try and be outside of the box or do things that other people aren't doing. — Jay IDK Copy Share Image
At first, I thought I could go to school and do music on the side and be successful, but the more I… — Jay IDK Copy Share Image
'The Empty Bank' talks about really specific instances where I kind of make the wrong moves based off of money, and it… — Jay IDK Acting Copy Share Image
