Don't look at it like I brought New York back to life. I brought Rap back to life. It's not a New York thing. Hip Hop is a New York thing. I'm from there, born and raised, all that, but Rap is beyond New York.
Rap is in different fuckin countries.
I brought Rap back to life. It ain't about a state, it's a lot bigger than a fuckin state. New York is not the world. There was a time when people out here weren't listening to New York stuff. There was a time I wasn't listening to New York stuff.