When I look at what I'm doing today, I see [the] roots in my college life. I was the online editor of my college paper and an active member of the Harvard Computer Society. I abandoned a summer internship at the Washington Post due to injury and instead did theatre. I found my comedic voice through satirical newsletters in college.

Knowing that "me" is inextricably linked to blackness, [I try to enjoy] the process of expanding beyond the expected boundaries set by existing culture, norms and media.

Mostly I try to be the best example of me that I can be.

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.

New York has been the best gift, in that the city pushes me to so many next levels.

As I've submerged myself in news of the revolutions sweeping North Africa and the Middle East, I wanted desperately to feel part of what was going on. And then it hit me: This is what white people were doing to me after Obama was elected!

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