Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well.

It is important to keep your head up and follow what you believe is right.

The camera is interested in what you are thinking as opposed to just what you are doing or saying.

I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right.

My family was very supportive of my acting. They didn't really have a choice because I got jobs acting before anyone could really say anything. It paid my way through college and helped my family out.

I want to present interesting stories that don't qualify themselves just by virtue of their ethnographic type.

In every character I play, I try to imbibe something. Every film is a learning process for me.