Fredrick Tipton (born June 14, 1982), better known by his stage name Freddie Gibbs, is an American rapper from Gary, Indiana.
I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping.
Most of my show is just improvisation. It goes with the energy of the crowd.
I don't have no. . . I love Lil Wayne. I grew up on the Hot Boys.
Maybe you's a stank ho, maybe that's a bit meanMaybe you grew up and I'm still living like I'm sixteen
I don't have to rap in a stadium. As long as I can provide for my family and my art, and live comfortably and live well, then I'm good. And with my talent level and my skill level, I'll get there.
I study my competition for at least an hour a day. I get on the internet, look at what they doing, then I look at ways to defeat them.
Back when I was younger, Very ambitious, but often blinded by my hunger. Some say I dream too big, And my dream gon' take me under.
Everything I do is going to be gangsta rap, street based, street oriented. . . I'm from Gary, Indiana, and everybody's damn near at the poverty level.
I don't think you can be a good musician if you just listen to rap, or just the [type of music] you do. You gotta be open to other ideas.
I'm a real gangster rapper and I'm a rapper. I just think my music takes different directions. I don't think you can pigeon hole me in one genre. I'm probably the most versatile in the game, period.
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 in me and that ain't gon' never go away.
I don't like people being something that they ain't, and we got a lot of that in rap right now.