There are so many ways to be and to be black at the same time, but we're finally seeing that full range expressed much more widely than before.

"Black culture" is ready for whatever. I sense some momentum and excitement around black artists (especially in comedy, which is where most of my own art resides), really pushing the bounds of what has generally been expected as black. I don't think it's a revolution so much as an exposure of what has always been there, and now that the production and distribution means are more accessible, people can more easily find each other.

As far as hip-hop is concerned, I'm no expert and rarely think consciously about how I "represent" hip-hop.

There are so many ways to be and to be black at the same time, but we're finally seeing that full range expressed much more widely than before.

By the time I got to Harvard, I feel like I knew who I was, and my job there was to throw as much against the wall as possible, to see what would stick.

I am not a yogi yet, but I aspire to have more balance in my life.

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