This shit is crazy 'cause of the limited Latin rappers in the game. I’m a fan of Joell Ortiz. The boy nasty, know what I’m sayin'? So I love Joell Ortiz’s music; I can never hate. I liked the old Fat Joe. That’s the only thing I can think of that I said in an interview [that might have upset Fat Joe]. In an interview I did awhile back I said, 'I liked the old Fat Joe…the new Fat Joe? He aight, he’s makin' his money so whatever, much success to him…but I liked him better back then.' And I left it at that! So if that’s what it was then he could've called me and still embraced me and we coulda cleared it up. I don’t have no problem wit Fat Joe. I didn’t [do the diss track] because Papoose or 50 told me to, like everybody thinks. I’m my own man. It’s just fucked up that he had to be another Latin rapper…”

So how will the beef end?: “Honestly, it ain’t even no beef if he don’t make it no beef. I’m not the type of dude to get on camera like, 'Look at my guns,’ but the same way he talk about his niggas is 'bout it…my niggas is 'bout it! …I would hate to see it go down like that…but I feel as though…I came at him [with the diss track] so if he a real Hip Hop head like he claims he is…[he needs to come at me] the same way KRS-ONE did to MC Shan when it was real Hip Hop. [Fat Joe] talk about he’s Hip Hop, right? So let's keep it Hip Hop then; come at me in a battle. Don’t come at me as a bully 'cause sometimes bullies fall hard. And he don’t wanna take it to that street level wit' me 'cause we 'bout it too, and I wouldn’t wanna get into it like that. We in [the rap game] to get money. I didn’t disrespect his wife or his kids- he got a son that has autism; I got a son that has autism. So I would never disrespect that man’s family, you feel me? I’m a man just like him. It ain't no disrespect like that. Get on record! Lets make Hip Hop fun again. If you say you a real Hip Hop head and you wanna be considered a legend; that’s what makes legends. A man that helps another man get his way in. Like KRS and MC Shan did. Like LL Cool J did with Canibus. And if he defeats me in a battle? I’ll take it like Canibus and live with the consequences…and Fat Joe can be LL [laughs]. But if I come out on top? Shake my hand, we squash the beef and then we can make a record together.”

Dealing With Haters And Negativity From Back Home: “I just try to block that out from what I’m tryin to do. I’m a grown man. I try to stay clean from all that. I stay with my real niggas that’ve been there for me since day one…I been through too many obstacles to still be actin' like I'm muthafuckin 16 or 17 years old… I just stay on my game.”

On Giving Back To The Community: “We’ve been doing [ my charity Lost City for Kids successfully for like five years now; and that comes out our own pocket 'cause the city don’t do shit…so we took it upon ourselves. Last Thanksgiving we did like 600 plates for people. We hustlin’. If the people ain't got it, we knocking on doors and making sure they do. We sacrifice to do it on Thanksgiving Day; we don’t eat…we make sure other people eat 'cause they need it just as much as us…so we celebrate Thanksgiving the day after.”