All of a sudden it became that hip hop didn't used to be about partying; hip hop used to be about putting out a message.

It's usually important to me to get my idea out first because a lot of times my ideas will seem weird to musicians.

I always write knowing that people will hear it, but also hoping they'll see it. So a lot of times I make lyrical decisions based on what looks better. Also I write based on what I saw for a video. I obsess over lyrics in the hopes that they'll endure in different ways. I'm very precious about it.

I wanted to be part of changing the world. I don't want to just stand by and watch it be however it is.

People give out compliments because it's polite.

Death to the pigs is my basic statement.

When I was five years old, me and my cousin got into a fistfight because when "That's the Way (I Like It)" came on the radio, he said, "That's my song," and I said, "No, that's my song."