fense to that. Do you believe in Jesus? And if so, how do you justify that? I definitely was raised to believe in God and respect the church. When I made that song and when I did that video, I prayed and talked to God. I said to God, “You know how I really feel about you, and you know that I love you, and you know why I’m doing this.” He knows what’s in my heart. I’m a spiritual person. I never read the Bible or anything like that so I might not be a fanatic like everybody else, but I believe in God and I love Jesus and I’m thankful for everything I have. So I definitely believe in God and I wasn’t trying to disrespect anybody. I prayed and told God thank you and asked him for forgiveness, and that helped me.
“God has a lot more fans than I do... I don’t want to disrespect anybody. that was me just being a rebel because that’s how I feel. ‘Hoes on my dick cause I look like Jesus.’ I mean, who looks better than Jesus?" So you gave God a little disclaimer? (laughs) Exactly.
So when you say that God knows why you did that song – why did you do it? Basically just to get your name out there? Or what do you mean by that? Yeah. I guess I’m the only person in the world that’s done that, you know? God has a lot more fans than I do. God has a lot more fans than Lil Wayne. I don’t want to disrespect anybody. I’ve got a sense of humor, but I haven’t met God yet. When I die or something, I’ll know [if he finds it funny]. But I pray to the man, I pray to the spirit, you know, I’m thankful for everything. And I don’t mean money. I don’t thank him when I get money, I just mean in general. So that was me just being a rebel because that’s how I feel. “Hoes on my dick cause I look like Jesus.” I mean, who looks better than Jesus? Feel me? 20 // OZONE MAG
You felt like doing a song about Jesus would get you more attention than a Lil Wayne feature, basically? Yeah, I think God got more fans than Wayne. Wayne might be coming up second or third. (laughs) Okay, what about the Kanye comment? You said on Twitter that if Kanye West didn’t agree to do a song with you, you would anally rape him. Did he agree to do a song with you or are you going to have to fulfill your threat? I got a show with Kanye coming up at Coachella. And it’s funny because Kanye did acknowledge me. I tend to forget it. I directed and edited this video called “Swag OD” with Soulja Boy. Kanye posted that on his blog before he was on Twitter. So he had already acknowledged me and I kinda forgot that and I was trippin’. But yeah, man, I was joking. I’m not really gonna rape Kanye or anything like that. I just want to work with him. He’s a legend and I’ve got some amazing beats that nobody on earth has ever heard. I wanna hook him and Jay up with some very mature music; something that’s real revolutionary. So that’s the only reason why I would go to great lengths like that. I wouldn’t say something like that if I didn’t have something revolutionary in my pocket. Do you produce all your own music? I do a lot of production but I also have inhouse producers that I work with that take care of me. I have about 8 serious producers. Well, your method seems to be working because you’ve really generated a lot of buzz recently. Would you credit it to your work ethic, your music talent, or the shock value of some of the stuff you’ve put out there? All around. Just being able to turn a negative into a positive, working hard, not caring what people think about you. It’s really an all-around thing. I put in a lot of work and I think with a lot of the situations I’ve been through, I must have a reason to be in the game because a lot of rappers wouldn’t be able to survive stuff like that. It’d be career suicide. I already killed my career a couple times, you feel me? Who can say they’re gonna fuck Kanye West in the ass and still have a career? Who gets punched on YouTube and still gets respect, feel me? Ain’t nothing changed, you know? All the shit that I’ve been through – for me to still be here shooting magazine covers and getting millions of views on YouTube – I’ve had to turn negatives into positives, and by believing in myself, I think that’s the main thing. Regardless