AND ANOTHER THANG Let’s get something straight: People who didn't contribute a damn thing to your building will always have the fkn audacity to tell you to "sit down and be humble." They don't want humility. They want submission because your confidence makes them look at their own weakness. My story started on the pavement in front of Rafael’s house in San Francisco. Born on the concrete before the ambulance could even get there, while my mother stayed at a homeless shelter. I survived the foster care system. I heard the music singing to me while I was still in the belly. The universal God, the Creator of all things, built me to survive when fake allies, corrupt institutions, and shady gatekeepers counted me out, tried to shelve my career, and tried to come for me and my CD. So when I walk into a room with my head up high, looking people dead in the eyes, and shaking hands like the executive I fkn am? That isn’t arrogance. That’s a threat to anyone who wanted me small so they could f...