My craziest ideas come from cartoons. I approach music by taking that cartoon extreme and the real life extreme and finding somewhere in the middle. The animated element lures people in, but the real-life substance puts the nail in the coffin.

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.

I have no trouble being a good dude because that's what I am.

The personal threat is something that's always been a part of our lives.

Buy a nickel bag, smoke a little lye, get high tonight, get high tonight.

I never knew that I would see the day that I would meet the devil himself.

I started growing my hair in December '89. I was seventeen. I signed my record deal and said I ain't combing my hair no more. I don't have too.