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The roots of my music start from the ghetto.

The kids I talk to are convinced their generation will make the best music. And the greatest artists have yet to be discovered. I walk around with that thought every day.

The more I got into my artistry, I got a bigger responsibility: the kids in Chicago, they look up to the rappers. We influence them.

I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there's some kind of unity in hip-hop. We all found something that's really important to us, and music is all we've really got.

From an early age, music was my only thing. You come from Detroit, you learn how to make the most of what you can do best.

I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure.

I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music, but I am a product of my inspirations.

I have visited schools that have music programs and those that don't. I see the way the kids act with each other.

Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.

I really want younger audience members to see kids in their early 20's playing Frank's music and to be inspired to take things to a higher level themselves.