I wouldn't mind collaborating with anybody, but I don't want to design anything, I'm not a fashion designer.

My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself.

I used to go to Saks, I would go to Bergdorf, I would go to Barneys, I would go to thrift stores in SoHo.

If a chick wants to know who makes my shoes, she's got to take them off my feet and look inside.

I was ashamed to let anyone know that I was living in a shelter. I remember one time coming home and some kids saw me and were like, "What you doing here? This is a shelter!" But I was like, "My mom's working there." It was pretty embarrassing.

You wouldn't take me to be a Skrillex fan, but honestly, when I'm at his shows, I get high and liquored up, and I just go in the crowd and start raving.

I want to inspire people to really open up their minds and not be one-sided or biased or hypocritical.