I will be so glad to take the picture and pose and look good for the picture. But when you catch me while I'm looking real sideways and the picture's ugly as hell, I don't want you to have the picture like that!

Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a platform where we could offer information, but it's also an escape.

Yes, Yes Yall, You know we talkin it all see how we bringing the street corner to Cargenie hall

Brooklyn is where I primarily developed. I had an opportunity to make records and perform in clubs here and there, and I started networking with the right people in the right places.

My thinking is that if we're going to take from a culture, let's take from a culture that has exemplified success for thousands of years.

I'm trying to set up opportunities for myself so that I don't only have one outlet to go through and rely upon as far as a support system financially, emotionally and mentally.

I called the album 'The Chemo' because it seems like the industry and music overall is dying slowly.