[2] After graduating from high school, he met Rob Quest, a rapper, and record producer Jugg Mugg.

He also made a number of guest appearances, including on Dr. Dre's "Fuck You" in 1999, De La Soul's "Baby Phat" in 2001, Slim Thug's "I'm Back" off of Boss of All Bosses in 2009, Gucci Mane's "Kush Is My Cologne" of off The State vs Radric Davis in 2009 alongside Bun B & E-40, Tech N9ne's "After Party" in 2010 off of The Gates Mixed Plate, and Young Jeezy's "Higher Learning" off of the late 2011 album Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition.

The soundtrack featured songs by 2 Chainz, UGK, Smoke DZA, Tha Dogg Pound, Slim Thug, Currensy, David Banner, Asher Roth and more.

[6] On June 24, 2013, Devin announced that his eighth studio album would be titled One for the Road and be released in September 2013.

Kelefa Sanneh, writing for The New York Times in 2005, called him "A brilliant oddball with a spaced-out flow.