ALL STAR 2011 - Ozone Magazine

fense to that. Do you believe in Jesus? And ifso, how do you justify that?I definitely was raised to believe in God andrespect the church. When I made that songand when I did that video, I prayed and talkedto God. I said to God, “You know how I reallyfeel about you, and you know that I love you,and you know why I’m doing this.” He knowswhat’s in my heart. I’m a spiritual person. Inever read the Bible or anything like that soI might not be a fanatic like everybody else,but I believe in God and I love Jesus and I’mthankful for everything I have. So I definitelybelieve in God and I wasn’t trying to disrespectanybody. I prayed and told God thank you andasked him for forgiveness, and that helped me.“God has a lotmore fans than Ido... I don’t wantto disrespectanybody. thatwas me just beinga rebel becausethat’s how I feel.‘Hoes on my dickcause I look likeJesus.’ I mean, wholooks betterthan Jesus?"So you gave God a little disclaimer?(laughs) Exactly.So when you say that God knows why youdid that song – why did you do it? Basicallyjust to get your name out there? Or what doyou mean by that?Yeah. I guess I’m the only person in the worldthat’s done that, you know? God has a lot morefans than I do. God has a lot more fans than LilWayne. I don’t want to disrespect anybody. I’vegot a sense of humor, but I haven’t met Godyet. When I die or something, I’ll know [if hefinds it funny]. But I pray to the man, I pray tothe spirit, you know, I’m thankful for everything.And I don’t mean money. I don’t thankhim when I get money, I just mean in general.So that was me just being a rebel becausethat’s how I feel. “Hoes on my dick cause Ilook like Jesus.” I mean, who looks better thanJesus? Feel me?You felt like doing a song about Jesus wouldget you more attention than a Lil Waynefeature, 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? Yousaid on Twitter that if Kanye West didn’tagree to do a song with you, you wouldanally rape him. Did he agree to do a songwith you or are you going to have to fulfillyour threat?I got a show with Kanye coming up atCoachella. And it’s funny because Kanye didacknowledge me. I tend to forget it. I directedand edited this video called “Swag OD” withSoulja Boy. Kanye posted that on his blogbefore he was on Twitter. So he had alreadyacknowledged me and I kinda forgot thatand I was trippin’. But yeah, man, I was joking.I’m not really gonna rape Kanye or anythinglike that. I just want to work with him. He’sa legend and I’ve got some amazing beatsthat nobody on earth has ever heard. I wannahook him and Jay up with some very maturemusic; something that’s real revolutionary. Sothat’s the only reason why I would go to greatlengths like that. I wouldn’t say something likethat if I didn’t have something revolutionary inmy pocket.Do you produce all your own music?I do a lot of production but I also have inhouseproducers that I work with that takecare of me. I have about 8 serious producers.Well, your method seems to be workingbecause you’ve really generated a lot of buzzrecently. Would you credit it to your workethic, your music talent, or the shock value ofsome of the stuff you’ve put out there?All around. Just being able to turn a negativeinto a positive, working hard, not caring whatpeople think about you. It’s really an all-aroundthing. I put in a lot of work and I think with alot of the situations I’ve been through, I musthave a reason to be in the game because a lotof rappers wouldn’t be able to survive stufflike that. It’d be career suicide. I already killedmy career a couple times, you feel me? Whocan say they’re gonna fuck Kanye West in theass and still have a career? Who gets punchedon YouTube and still gets respect, feel me?Ain’t nothing changed, you know? All theshit that I’ve been through – for me to still behere shooting magazine covers and gettingmillions of views on YouTube – I’ve had to turnnegatives into positives, and by believing inmyself, I think that’s the main thing. Regardless20 // OZONE MAG