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

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

It is important to tell good stories. You can tell stories even if they are not huge, epic, and wonderful. You can still take the responsibility for being a scribe of your tribe.

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

I had been working early in my life in films - since I was 11.

America makes up its own mind about what it wants to see.