And the music sounds cool also.
Yeaaaaaa…
So, what music can fans expect to hear while their dodging haters and picking up pretty women? Rick Ross is on there…
Right. I want to continuously drop new exclusives on the game. But right now, we have a few of my favorite records, the kind of music you ride around to in your whip.
What cities can fans choose from?
New York, Cali, Miami […] but it had to also include Houston. It was important for me to rep Houston because my city isn’t always included in games. I also plan on adding more cities from the South that [we] never get to see or hear about.
Your latest single “Chuuch” features an audio clip by Houston pastor Joel Osteen. What’s the inspiration behind that song?
I was working on my second album and one of my producers who worked on a lot of my earlier stuff sent me a track that sounded like a Gospel song. I actually go to Lakewood Church where Joel Osteen preaches. It’s in Houston. I’ve been going there for a long time. I’m a big follower of him […] I was at church one day and his message at the time seemed so personal, it seemed like he was talking directly to me. It was so moving that it inspired me to do a song about it and sample him and the message. And he has a way of breaking things down, so I kinda wanted to do the same thing for the streets. [I wanted to] send out a good message in the midst of all the negative things happening around us.
Speaking of, do you have any thoughts on current issues surrounding police brutality and the #BlackLivesMatter movement?
I just saw Straight Outta Compton the other day, and that took place in the late 80s, early 90s. To see a lot of the same things happening now is crazy. I just hope that because of social media exposing so many of these incidents, that somebody will have some sort of solution to [police brutality], or that somebody will step up and require [body] cameras to be used at all times. Something has to change. But I know a lot of people who don’t come from that environment. There are some bad cops, but let me say that there are ones who are not crooked, who are not bad. I know a lot who are really cool and do their jobs the way it’s supposed to be done. I do hope it gets better. I hope one day it comes to a point where it’s hard for cops to do the wrong stuff.
You mentioned earlier that you’ve done so much independently, and accomplished so much without major label backing. What’s your definition of a boss?
Someone who is in control of their own destiny.
