Wiz Khalifa, Fashawn and Logic sold out the Glass House

The 21-year-old artist was able to create the critically praised "Boy Meets World" album in 2009 that received a lot of attention in the hip-hop world and online.

"I'm happy with it, man," he said in a recent interview. "A lot of people perceive that as a classic. I got the chance to tell my story and see people's reactions to it. To say I have an album on the shelves in 2010 that people went out and bought ... it's like a lost art."

Fashawn, real name Santiago Leyva, said his live show is "more of a party environment, where everyone is involved and theatrical. It's the story of my whole life."

Fashawn said he will continue to work with producer Exile, who created the sound for his "Boy Meets World" album.

"We have so much music you haven't heard. We just did some recording in Paris and Germany. Me and him and (hip-hop artist) Blu ... it don't stop. We're creative people and this is what we do when you get us in a room."

Ice Cube, the pioneering gangsta rap artist and actor, recently made some comments that some people have interpreted as being negative against new artists from California. On his blog in late February, Cube wrote: "For 7 or 8 years now the West Coast has been trying to do music that appeals to the South and Midwest ... Left coast MCs were now trying to change their sound to cater to all the followers. We lost our way." In a March blog he clarified the comments and wrote "I wish every young MC nothing but success, especially the ones from the New West."

Fashawn, when asked if he heard about the comments, said, "He's one of my favorite emcees ... I've never met him. Is he talking about me? I don't know. If so, it is what it is. You can't have the new without the old and vice versa. I don't trip off it. I represent central Cali."

Pittsburgh-based Khalifa is touring off the just-released mixtape "Kush & Orange Juice."

Fashawn said he also has new material coming up. He said he's getting ready to release a free mixtape titled "Ode To Illmatic," another mixtape with Fresno artists called "Grizzly City 3" and sophomore album "The Ecology" in 2011.