It's important for a young black kid to see a Mexican hero, just to know that we're all equal.

What really, really inspires me is that you don't see many black superheroes on television.

Blaxploitation films were black films targeting black people. They were films made to appeal to a culture in a way that was supposed to be unfiltered.

When you're composing for somebody, that means you have a boss. You have to do what it takes to, at the end of the day, appease them.

I don't have any computers in my studio, it's all analog tape. All analog tape, all old equipment, I mean my mics are like from the 60's and early 70's, everything in there is old.

When you get above the line, you're above the line. So my thing is I just want to make music where I am always above that line.

Hip-hop has permeated pop culture for decades. For a long time, though, it seemed to permeate it in a such a way that it never really got its just due. Now, hip-hop seems to be getting that recognition and is more widely accepted, which is great.