J. cole

Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.

I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.

I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn to the storytellers. They all told stories in different ways, but they were all...

I worked in ad sales. I would call up local businesses and try to get them to buy ads in the paper. The whole time, I felt like I was just scamming people.

I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn to the storytellers. They all told stories in different ways, but they were all...

As much as it might look like, to someone else, that I'm successful, I never feel like I'm anywhere. The further I go, I still feel equally further from my eventual goal. Because as I grow, I get more...

You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you.

I'm a super-duper over-analyzer. You mix that with self-doubt and pressure, and that's never healthy.

My fans love me for me, my beats, my rhymes.

I'm the same kid who used to hop the trains with headphones and just go to downtown Manhattan, walk around and listen to music or walk through the city. The fame restricts that. It's a small complaint...