Top 55 Yo Gotti Quotes

The right watch is like real estate.

I got a lot of respect for Drake, most definitely; he’s killin’ it.

I like my jewelry to fit tight.

When people are watching the George Floyd video, that could have been me. I think people are just afraid that the people who are supposed to be protecting and serving you are against you.

Some people just like to do their own thing. I ain’t sayin’ it’s wrong, but me, I wanna hustle with another hustler. I think two impactful hustlers, or three, or four, is a stronger force.

Roc Nation is strong, I’m strong and powerful on my own, and when we put it together we’re unstoppable.

When you live a certain way for so long, that’s the only way people can see you. I don’t necessarily mean that’s who you is or you can’t change, but it’s a stigma that they put on you when you’re from a place where I’m from. That’s one way of looking at ‘Trapped.’

Boxing is a full-body workout, and while you’re in it and learning the procedures and steps, you’re working out at the same time. Sometimes it don’t feel like you’re actually working out, which I like.

I am one of those cats who doesn’t believe in putting everything from your personal life out. I come from the motto ‘if they know less it’s better.’

PUMA has been an iconic name in the fashion world for decades, their ability to remain at the top of the game in not only sportswear, but in culture and fashion is inspirational.

When I’m driving, you have a different feeling when the police get behind you and you’re not even breaking the law. The tension is so high.

What scared me was my mother getting evicted from my house. Seeing them repo my momma’s car once. Wondering if I didn’t provide for her where she was going to be or if I didn’t provide for her, where my sister was going to be. Those are the things that scared me.

There’s nothing more valuable than your freedom in your life. When you’re in the streets you’re gambling with that 24/7. If you don’t know that you’re just flat out dumb to me.

I grew up in a family where my brother was in prison. My father was in prison.

We are all Ahmaud Arbery. Everyday activities should not end in death sentences. We must hold people responsible for their actions.

It’s a difference between a good rapper and ‘king of the city,’ they’re two different things. You can be a better rapper than me, that don’t mean you’re king of the city.

I believe that if you got good people around you and they put in the work to help get you where you at, everybody should eat. No man should be depended on another man.

I’m not a ranter on Twitter or Instagram – that ain’t how I’m rocking.

I’m a success story. Everybody from Memphis knows that, that’s why don’t nobody question it.

I would buy a house, and try to buy a house every month. I didn’t have education or information about real estate at the time. I learned after I bought a few houses, and then I kind of fell in love with the rehabbing of the houses and fixing them up and just the whole process and turned it into a business.

I don’t do credit cards ’cause my mama told me back in the day she never dated a man who tows a wallet. ‘Cause that mean he ain’t have enough money.

I didn’t study no rappers when I was coming up. I was studying moguls. I was studying Jay Z. I was studying Puff. I was studying Master P.

I love to learn, I love to be educated on different levels.

This whole 8 for $8 tour, I handpicked every city, every market on this tour, I handpicked myself. I wanted to go to New York, I wanted to go to Baltimore, I wanted to go to Philly, I wanted to go to Chicago, I wanted to go to Atlanta, of course I wanted to go Memphis, I wanted to go to Oakland.

Ain’t no off days. I don’t take off on no businesses I do. So I’m in the studio all the time, with so many records, and I guess it’s a good problem when it come down to it.

I’m just a go-getter. I tell people all the time – I feel like I’m supposed to be successful, no matter what I’m doing.

I think 42 Dugg is a superstar – he’s got the voice, the music, the look and the hustle.

‘Letter to the Trap’ is a real approach on how I really feel. It’s like when you’re in that culture and you’re living that life, there’s always obstacles when trying to get out.

They say you’re blessed to be a blessing to others. There’s no better time to live that saying then the holidays. Especially when so many families are struggling.

I recorded ‘The Art of Hustle’ album three times because I had the time to do it.

I feel like it’s our job, between me and Jeezy and Gucci – I feel that’s who the streets look at as far as trap music. So if it’s gonna be saved, we have to save it.

Trap music to me isn’t just a sound. If we’re talking about what I think trap music is, I couldn’t say that I created it or no one created it, because if you were living the same life that I was living and you’re speaking about it, we just speaking about our endeavors in that world.

I would watch all of the videos that came on on BET and MTV. I was infatuated with the hip-hop culture.

My cheat meal is whatever I think about. One thing about me is whatever comes to my mind, if I want it, I’m going to eat it.

Labels don’t want artists to put out mixtapes because they don’t monetize it.

It is super important to know what you are getting yourself into when signing a deal. I learned that the hard way.

The conditions in the prisons operated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections are absolutely inhumane and unconstitutional.

Memphis is just like any other city. I’m pretty sure it’s like the streets of Baltimore, with your hoods and traps.

I like to make music from a personal standpoint, and the music that feels good to me, and when the music becomes big, it’s even better because it’s an even more organic feeling than when you, like, tried to make the hit record.

After being in the game so long, making so much money and achieving different things, now I think a lot more about impact.

I stay away from the carbs and try to make sure I’m not intaking a whole lot of sugar.

I got kids so whenever I can, I fly them out to the cities I’m in.

You’re only as good as your team, so if your team’s strong around you, it just puts you in a greater position.

I just always knew that I was going to get some money, that I was going to be successful.

My personal career highlights would be getting my first No. 1 record, ‘Down in the DM’ and getting the second one now with ‘Rake It Up.’

When I got a plaque, when I got a No. 1, a cover of ‘XXL,’ these are the types of things that let me know I’m aligning with the artists I looked up to.

Throughout L.A. Reid’s career, I realize he has been a part of creating some of the biggest superstars in the industry. I feel there is no better person to partner with.

Me, myself, I ain’t never had no problem hustling with nobody.

One of my homeboys from my neighborhood had actually taught me how to rap. He was the rapper and we would all go over to his house. It would be like 10 or 12 of us in there and he’d write everybody’s rap in the house and would give everybody four or eight bars.

Real estate was one of the first things I was doing. I kinda like mistakenly fell into that. I bought a house early in my career, and in my head, it was like, if everything goes wrong, I own this one house, you know… As I started doing concerts and more concerts, I started buying more houses.

Back when I was growing up, gangs wasn’t heavy. We was solo thugging. When we got money on our own, the hood got money. It wasn’t about colors or a certain name when I was growing up. We wasn’t doing no gangs. But as the generations change, things change.

I am a situation. I am a walking situation.

You got some artists who want street credit. Like, they market street credit. They take certain incidents and turn it into marketing to try and boost the sales. You don’t never see me speaking on that. I’m trying to stay away from it.

Some people take off recording cycles, but I record year round.

I Am’ is the album that displays a little growth. The record, to me, is bringing the streets back.