As gang members, as young dudes in the streets, especially in L. A. , we're the effect of a situation. We didn't wake up and create our own mindstate and our environment; we adapted our survival instincts.
When I'm not in the booth, I'm one of the most laid-back guys. But growing up, I liked DMX, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and T. I. - dudes that went all out on the track. My first songs were energetic because I liked their energy.
. . . if this Roman dude’s as bad as you say, then why are you lurking outside his store looking all charged and heated like a dog waiting for its owner?
It's kind of nice in some ways having an Olympic Trials where I finished second. You can kind of go in more under the radar facing a 2:03 guy and facing a lot of dudes who are faster than I am, whereas, before Beijing, I had one of the top 10 times in the field, or something like that.
I got one of the illest crews in NY but when I travel it's mostly me and my girl, me and my kids or me and one or two of my dudes but the majority of the time its just me.
When you're a young person, you are biologically driven to believe you are immortal, and that's why you engage in all kinds of risky behavior you stop once you feel death's cruel breath on your neck. I think that as a straight white man in particular, I was tempted to believe that I was immortal and eternal because, after all, in this culture, straight white dudes are the heroes of every story that you see or read about with very rare exception. So how could the story go on without the hero, you know?
When I said that I make out with dudes, there was a slight sense of sexual rebellion in that. And I probably even made it a bigger deal than it was.
Dudes know I'm not a threat. Chicks know I'm not a threat.
My wife has dated broke black dudes.
I've had some offers from furries - people that want to have sex with dudes in furry suits. I've had some interesting requests. There's some great fans.
Let's have a moment of silence for all the chubby Asian dudes that are getting 'Gangnam style!' yelled at them by bros around the world.
There are a lot of funny people and a lot of unfunny people. Some of them are women and some of them are dudes.
