How has it been watching Papoose rise up in the game?
I’m proud of my dude. I’m mad proud of him. I always knew he had it in him. I always thought he was a great lyricist. He’s not the average rapper. I always thought he was a standout rapper. Now he’s showing that to the world that he’s a standout rapper because he’s standing out. Did you think he had the potential to be where he is today? I knew Papoose could be there. It’s just that G. Rap wasn’t in a position to bring him up. I couldn’t walk up into offices and say, “He’s the next best thing coming,” They wouldn’t listen. People have to find out themselves. It’s like they had to find out with Nas. It had to happen for them to see. You have to give people the whole picture. They can’t visualize nothing. I’m a visualizer. You can play me a song without a chorus and I know where the song is going. You can play me a rough copy of a song and I can hear the potential. Other people you have to bring the finished diamond with the cuts and get it a nice setting for them to see the beauty in it
