Quotes from Yo Gotti

I think people may regret not following their instincts a lot.

PUMA has been an iconic name in the fashion world for decades, their ability to remain at the top of the game in not only sportswear, but in culture and fashion is inspirational.

I was blessed with the talent. God gave me the gift to put words together and make popular songs.

You got some artists who want street credit. Like, they market street credit. They take certain incidents and turn it into marketing to try and boost the sales. You don't never see me speaking on that. I'm trying to stay away from it.

It is super important to know what you are getting yourself into when signing a deal. I learned that the hard way.

Trap music to me isn't just a sound. If we're talking about what I think trap music is, I couldn't say that I created it or no one created it, because if you were living the same life that I was living and you're speaking about it, we just speaking about our endeavors in that world.

I most definitely respect Jay Z hustle and everything he built. He's a businessman first and I think he respects my hustle.

I just think white jewelry to me, it look the richest. It's clean and rich.

This whole 8 for $8 tour, I handpicked every city, every market on this tour, I handpicked myself. I wanted to go to New York, I wanted to go to Baltimore, I wanted to go to Philly, I wanted to go to Chicago, I wanted to go to Atlanta, of course I wanted to go Memphis, I wanted to go to Oakland.

Probably more than half my life, I've thought from a trap mindset, a hood mind frame in the way I was moving.

I feel like it's our job, between me and Jeezy and Gucci - I feel that's who the streets look at as far as trap music. So if it's gonna be saved, we have to save it.

'Letter to the Trap' is a real approach on how I really feel. It's like when you're in that culture and you're living that life, there's always obstacles when trying to get out.

When you live a certain way for so long, that's the only way people can see you. I don't necessarily mean that's who you is or you can't change, but it's a stigma that they put on you when you're from a place where I'm from. That's one way of looking at 'Trapped.'

When I came up with the title 'Trapped,' I was going through a lot of personal stuff. There were a lot of things in 2018 that had me in a trapped mentality.

Memphis is just like any other city. I'm pretty sure it's like the streets of Baltimore, with your hoods and traps.

Like LeBron James, we already know how good the man is. We know he can play. He's rich. But he still want a ring. N!ggas know my music hot. That's proven. Now its time to get the ring.

Yeah I got a collection of sneakers. I probably got over 200 pair of PUMAs.

I got a lot of respect for Kobe.

Labels don't want artists to put out mixtapes because they don't monetize it.

As far as artists go I like Don Trip. I think Don Trip is one of the coldest artists, that's my little partner.

Back when I was growing up, gangs wasn't heavy. We was solo thugging. When we got money on our own, the hood got money. It wasn't about colors or a certain name when I was growing up. We wasn't doing no gangs. But as the generations change, things change.

I'm a songwriter, actually. And when I say I'm a songwriter, I'm saying I can write songs for more than just myself.

Yeah, I actually went to college. I went to Southwest Community College in Memphis; I tried to go to TSU, and they denied me.

If you're misleading the little homies, you ain't no real big homie to me.