32 Quotes by Jay IDK

I went to jail at 17. While I was there, I discovered that I could write. Once I started making some songs, other inmates wanted to know a little bit more about what I was doing, and they asked me to rap for them. They really liked it, and I made it a goal to come out and try to make something out of the music.

Growing up, I wouldn't say I was poor. But my parents, although we lived in a nice, middle-class home, they had their struggles.

Financially, people always assume you're good when you're a rapper.

I'm definitely trying to be Number One.

'The Empty Bank' talks about really specific instances where I kind of make the wrong moves based off of money, and it also details instances where I was acting like I had money when I really didn't have that much money.

There's peer pressure of not being respected of having a certain amount of money, but if you know who you are, then you see that and look past it.

At times, I can be a slave to money.

There are a lot of things that money can't buy, and once you realize that is how you break free.

At first, I thought I could go to school and do music on the side and be successful, but the more I began to understand the industry, the more I fell in love with it.