In school, I studied psychology, linguistics, neuroscience. I understand that there is a real lack of respect for the brain.

The urgency for me is to hurry up and become visible enough to either influence or shame other artists or corporations into understanding that there needs to be an equal starting block. You can't rush to make the changes. The rush that I have is to change the mindset of the people who can actually influence the situation in developed countries and in under - developed countries ... and not all under-developed countries need to develop. Maybe they just need to learn and be re - given the tools to understand how to use the land that they live on.

When I started out, I wrote the songs, recorded the songs, mastered, mixed, did the artwork, made the packaging and did the distribution, all myself. Now I understand what everyone's jobs are, who is doing them right, and who isn't.

Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles.

Salsa, classic rock, soul music, jazz... all of that was a part of my education in making hip-hop music.

People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.

I've become more introverted as I've got older. I used to be an outgoing person who joked around a lot, but as the amount of energy I expend by sharing my music has increased, I like to balance it by spending time by myself and recuperating.