Top 100 YG Quotes
"Be yourself and set the trend. Don't follow."
― YG
"That's something we real big on – just being real, authentic, being yourself, not letting this lifestyle change you."
"My heart is numb. It's not broke, it's numb. It's numb because of hard situations."
"My peoples told me they thought I should go talk to a therapist, and I went and talked to a therapist, and we let Vice record it."
"When I caught my case and went to jail, I could have caught a gang of extra time."
"I'm paranoid."
"I'm happy with my success."
"I don't trust nobody."
"Stress come with life, period, bro."
"I love my daughter."
"You don't have to be a gangster rapper to be successful. You can do anything."
"You gotta stay on point in everything in life."
"Knowledge is dangerous when you're a person of colour. It makes you a powerful individual, and that's what 'Stay Dangerous' represents."
"I'm saying us – our culture, our race, our people – we need to do better."
"I just feel like, as time go by, I'm realizing certain stuff, and I see certain stuff not happening. I'm just steppin' up."
"I feel like I'm regular. I'm humble."
"I have trust issues. For reasons, though – plenty of reasons."
"I represent the West Coast culture."
"My mama's been supportive since day one."
"I was born in Compton, raised all through the city of Los Angeles."
"I don't want to make people think too much."
"If I was president, you wouldn't be sitting in jail for crimes that's not violent; you wouldn't be doing too much time for crime that's not violent."
"I eat breakfast most times."
"It's not our land; it's not made for us. It's America. That's how it was designed. We came here as slaves. It wasn't designed for us to win."
"I have to have homies around me at all times."
"I had parties in church halls. My mama knew people that had venues and all that, and I knew a lot of people from forever. I was always popular growing up. She used to get me the spots, and I used to have parties. Probably about 300, 400 people."
"I'm growing as an artist."
"I went vegan."
"Jeezy like a big brother."
"On my mixtapes, I just rap. I just lay out a lot of situations."
"I need a Grammy or a nomination. Just give me my nomination."
"I just like music, bro. I listen to everyone."
"I just woke up one morning, and I painted my Maybach red – I wrapped it, matter of fact, red – and I thought, 'I might as well change my album to 'Still Brazy' 'cause I gotta be real with myself.'"
"I fell out with a group of the homies, including Mustard. I'm dealing with success."
"I'm speaking for the streets, for the people down here. I can be their spokesperson."
"Me having my moms and pops in my life and knowing and seeing what they went through for us – it's why I'm a good father."
"In the record business, if you sign an artist that don't really know too much about the business, you can really get over on them in a lot of different ways, so it's a lot of people that don't give artist the game because they're trying to make the most money in the fastest way off their artists."
"I'm trying to make sure my kids' kids got paper."
"I got a platform and a game. I got, like, people who look up to me, who listen to me."
"I feel like when you successful, it's more stress 'cause it's more stuff you dealin' with."
"New York is turnt. It's really like 25 hours out here. 25/8."
"If I was president, all the food in the grocery stores would be organic."
"When I'm outside the studio, there's some paranoia."
"Before Mustard was even making beats, he was my DJ. He was doing all my shows with me before I was even cracking, back in, like, '08, '09."
"'Don't Come to L.A.' is talking about how out-of-towners come to L.A., and they try to start claiming the culture, the lifestyle. And they're really not from it. That's really what's it's about."
"I ain't no politician."
"You've got to do features with the right artists that you can take some of their fans, and their fans start doing their homework and see what you're doing, if they like what you're doing."
"Mustard did my first mixtape, and after that, he started DJing."
"That's what a lot of people know me as: they call it party music."
"One of the reasons I know how to handle my business is because I know can't rely on rap."
"I'm going to keep making clothes, I'm going to do more movies, and I'm always going to rap."
"I'm not boycotting 'Madden.'"
"Black people love Hispanics; Hispanics love blacks. We grew up with each other. We share a lot of the same stuff."
"I went to Paramount High School, Mayfair High School, all types of high schools. I'm not a high school graduate, but it's all good."
"I grew up with my moms and pops. Pops was in jail for, like, three years."
"I went to jail for residential burglary. I got a strike, and I was 19 years old."
"We listen to the Migos."
"I got a song called 'Bicking Back Being Bool.' That's our lingo."
"Footaction saw me swagging, so they reached out so we could do a little collab and talk about my style and the culture and the come-up and all that."
"I just want to make something that's going to stick around for 10 or 15 years."
"Me and Mustard the same age, and when we was growing up, he was DJing all the parties, and I was at all the parties."
"I don't wanna do nothing with Trump."
"Rock groups – they last for a long time."
"I've filmed a lot of my videos in Compton, but filming a movie, we really can't do it because the police will come and shut you down."
"You gotta raise your kids, take care of your family."
"I'm experimenting. That was part of the reason why I named the album 'Stay Dangerous.' It was about being proactive, not reactive."
"I was Lil Wayne's fan when I hit, like, 15, 16 and up."
"The 4Hunnid label is like a family."
"When you think of YG, you think of the West Coast, L.A., the lifestyle; that's what the brand about. That's what 4Hunnid represents."
"My family is always praying for me."
"The streets made me who I am."
"I'm a rapper, not a singer."
"I'm a storyteller… a preacher."
"It's hard to stay vegan and eat right when you're moving around so much, but I've been off that alkaline water heavy, though."
"Def Jam was always trying to get me to put out an album because I had 'Toot It and Boot It.'"
"I been in the streets for a long time. They know me. They see me. They heard stories."
"My mom and her whole side of the family, they all from Compton."
"I ain't come from money."
"I can't tell you who to vote for, because you have to do your homework to see who you connect with and see what they're pushing."
"The first album was going to be called 'I'm from Bompton,' and then I changed it to 'My Krazy Life.'"
"I really live my life looking over my shoulder."
"On the 'Blacks & Browns' record, it's me and Sad Boy. He's a Hispanic artist, and we're talking about what we got going on with our peoples."
"I appreciate breathing and smelling and seeing."
"They try to make it seem like trouble follows me, but since my first album came out, I ain't had nothing happen at my show that had something to do with me."
"I had a daughter, and that's a good thing."
"People look at me like YG the turnt-up dude, hit singles and all that. And, yeah, that's me, but I'm for my people, too."
"Everybody gotta vote. I can't go tell you who you should vote for because I don't know what you got going on or what you tryna get."
"I have a house in Hollywood with a studio in it."
"My music is just me, something people are gonna turn up to; the girls are gonna dance."
"Out of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, I would rather Clinton be president, but just overall, I would rather Obama have a third term."
"I'm bringing what Snoop and Dre was bringing to the game."
"I worked on 'Who Do You Love?' for, like, six months, really trying to, like – when I got it, I got it, but I was working on it for a minute cause I never had nothing to it. I couldn't get the flow or nothing. Then I just got it."
"I want to do – I want to be putting out classic stuff that's gonna stick and last forever, you feel me?"
"I was in jail, and I got signed three months later."
"I was in a situation where I was a West Coast artist signed to an East Coast label."
"I was spending my own money on videos, spending my own money on radio, doing all that."
"I love the fans and the supporters."
"I got two clothing lines – I got the 4hunnid clothing, and I got the Bompton clothing."
"I'ma stay consistent. I'ma deliver. And I'ma keep using my platform to uplift people who I feel got what it take or deserve it or just – you feel me?"
"On God, when you come to New York, it's, like, work."
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