I'm on the radio because I love hip-hop. I represent that community, but there are so many other aspects to who I am as a person.

I love what I do because I get to talk to the people who change the game: the influencers, visionaries who make things happen in music and culture. That's inspiring to me.

I got my bearings, I began to focus. My mother was very supportive. When I came back to New York I landed a job at Hot 97.

We have to remember that no matter how much hardship we go through in our life, there is always going to be that fragile place in our heart.

I went to night school and summer school, I made that whole year up and I actually graduated on time. Also, I got a part-time job at the radio station.

Back then, Lisa Lisa was somebody that I liked. She was Puerto Rican, and I related to her somewhat. I was a little bit of a fan.

Imagine the first time you are about to rap in a studio and you find yourself in a booth with Redman and KRS!