Quotes from DaBaby

Everything is organic. I got the wordplay, I got the vocabulary to really, really rap.

I love it when you have to perform at a certain level or else. That's when I'm at my best.

Some songs I rap before the beat even play and I enjoy doing that. I like walking the beat down.

When I get bored with something, I'm done with it.

I've been broke my whole life, you get what I'm saying? I'm scared of the bank.

Early on in my life, I got two older brothers; we used to listen to Eminem, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne.

There was so much music growing up. But definitely Lil Wayne was a big influence because I had more of an understanding of what I was listening to when I was getting older.

I'm an early 1990's baby, so I had the pleasure of going through a lot of eras in music.

I don't even listen to peoples' music... I'm really in-tune with my craft, I listen to me all day long.

I like pressure.

He's from Fayetteville. I'm from Charlotte. We got two different upbringings. All in all though, I love J. Cole's perspective and I love his music. I love his approach. It's just two different things.

I definitely am the best rapper alive, mark my words.

Anything I do, I'm doing it for a reason.

The way I make something out of nothing, I got that from my mama. That's 100% her.

My name was originally Da Baby Jesus, but I changed it like two years into my career because I didn't want to offend anyone; although I feel like my purpose in the game is related and still is, I didn't want my name to be a distraction from the music.

Any '90s baby, The Rock or Stone Cold Steve Austin had to be your favorite wrestler.

Charlotte, it's what somebody from New York or L.A. would say is a small town, but it isn't. It's right in between being a small town and a city. It's more of a city.

Anybody that is trying to go into business with me, of course, I'm gon' do my research on them.

And I'm the type of person, if I ain't wrong, I'm gonna stand on that.

When it comes to the music, the traits you got to have in order to make lit music, club music, to have the swag with it, to have the lingo - I got those traits, you know what I mean?

I am the type where I don't worry about anything else but how to top what I did yesterday. My main goal is to top what I did before.

You can't cheat the game. You can't cheat the grind. You get out what you put in at the end of the day.

It's just the risk that I take and the sacrifice that I make: Putting myself, my career, my family's peace of mind on the line just to do right by my fans. It ain't no gray area: You're either with that and willing to go out of your way to make people who contribute to your dreams coming true happy or you aren't.

My Internet presence was definitely bigger than the music. I'm so good at marketing, so once I knew I had them looking, I turned up with the music. I knew what I was doing - it was premeditated.