>> for me, i just tell storty. and that's what this album is.call it "the autobiography." it's just the truth about my life and my experiences. there is no embellishment. it's not really metaphorical. i mean, my perspectives within it may be metaphorical oral gorical and relatable to different situations. but this is just the facts. just one after the other. so i'm not even really approaching it from a perspective of is this preachy or is it not? it's just what happened in my life. >> whether did you know that this was your gift, your calling, this is your vocation? when did you know that? and when you knew that, how did your parents take to that? i'm only asking because it seems to me that your daddy is a professor and your mother does what she does. that your parents noi mat want to hear you say i'm going to be a rapper. when did you know that? how did you break that news to your parents? >> i was lucky to really find my path early. i was around 16 years old. i was recording music and doing what i had to do to get in the studio. and my parents