I don't think a lot of people have been privy to understanding that there's this talent in hip-hop all over the earth that's just as good. It's just that everything out of the U.S. proclaims to be the best, especially L.A. and New York, being that they're the nerve centers and media capitals of the most predominantly media-emitting country in the world.

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

I adhere to the philosophy, "I don't care who writes the laws, let me write the songs."

Nothing has more words and performance than rap music.

Try to do your best to look people in the eye and talk to them without a gadget being in between you all the time.

Try to master technology instead of it mastering you.

Why would twenty-six-year-old "teenagers" care about political ramifications if their backs are not up against the wall? But if their backs are against the wall they may be plucked to fight in Iraq, and all of sudden they become politicized real quick.