“I've always been able to write rhymes and that would be like when you consult with your girl. When I'm mad and s - t like that I would throw headphones on and close my room door, when I'm mad I just close the door with my girl and f - k her. In so many different ways hip-hop has been like my girl and it's always been there to hold me down.” WayWritingHas BeensDifferentWould BeAbleGirlRoomsDoorsMadHip HopHipsDifferent WaysHopsRhymeHold MeMy GirlHeadphones Author:Joell Ortiz
“Hip-hop definitely saved my life. Being able to write about the things I was doing, the things I was seein' and all that stuff, putting that on paper and coming into my own as Joell Ortiz. That's why I don't have a stage name, because I chose to talk about everything under the sun that happened to me or next to me in my music.” WritingAbleNextNamesStuffMy OwnSunHappenedStagePaperHip HopSavedHipsHops Author:Joell Ortiz
“I wake up hip-hop, Go to sleep hip-hop, Dream 'bout hip-hop, 'Cause I AM HIP-HOP.” DreamCausesSleepWake UpHip HopHipsHopsGoing To Sleep Author:Joell Ortiz
