Maybe we need to look upon technologies and social networks as things that come out of us, not things that lead us. We can be on top of these things instead of them bein' on top of us as human beings.

My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military, so he's worldly.

The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government.

Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.

Share and enjoy the fruits of this planet.

McDonald's offers a king's ransom to any hip-hop artist who is able to put Big Mac into a song. MTV - and more to the point, Viacom - is succeeding in extending a teenage life to twenty-nine or even thirty-one years old. It is about extending this market and removing any intelligent substance in the music.

Being called Black in America is the struggle to keep us moving and breathing over bloody water. Being a Nig**r or [Ni**a] without the context of history is like drowning in bloody water, dragging down those yet knowing to swim.