A visit to the hood through a record, or through a video, or through a film, is a lot safer than actually visiting the people in real life. It became a business model. It became a revenue engine that, you know, you can get to the hood without ever going there.

Money is created by a machine... but you can't really create respect with a machine.

I want to always move forward with everything I am doing. So, I do the radio show, speak at universities and other social institutions all around the world, appear on TV, and continue to create music all in the hope to keep the struggle alive.

Ever since I was a teenager, I was always kind of, like, checking myself. You know, like, "Come on man, don't get your head all swollen. Life and time itself will give you perspective on what you're doing." So, that's actually what's always been a reminder in my own head.

The Illuminati is just the evil, 'nameless' people who are behind governments.

I think a good thing that needs to change is that people should be at least fearless about expressin' themselves.

Oh, America is slipping away from the rest of the consciousness of the planet - slipping away.