Rap comes from the humble beginnings of rebelling against the status quo. Now, rappers have become the status quo themselves. You can't rebel against the Queen and then become the Queen yourself. I attribute much of the blame to testosterone-male dominance and patriarchy.

Black folks are judged by quantity, not quality. It's a decimal point or figure. How different is that from slavery? There's no moral code, it's just about successful business for America.

I have to be conscious of what I'm sayin' because people are gonna come at me about this sh*t.

If you go get a passport, it might encourage you to at least consider the world around you.

I like to drive and I like to travel. When I drive on the open road, it's like sometimes the car turns into a pen and the road is a piece of paper.

I encourage more blacks and people of color to get a passport. That's one way to help put people on an equal platform.

Getting on the road and driving along a road at night, or even in the daytime and seeing the oceans or whatever, is always liberating.