DJ Jazzy Jeff is the best DJ you can have at a party. Did you see his playlist? He has good taste.

Man, I feel like hip-hop is - first of all, not even only with just GOOD Music, I gotta say - I think hip-hop is still alive in a strong way, man. I feel really enthused about hip-hop.

It's hard to see blessings in a violent culture

I think some of the most beneficial things being an artist has brought to me in film is just you're not afraid to do things. You're used to being in front of people. That's not the problem. The biggest thing is just getting into the character and really delivering.

Me being able to be acting and doing other things has opened me as an artist, and I think even more from a visual standpoint.

I am the unarmed black kid who maybe needed a hand, but instead was given a bullet.

Black people in America have come from slavery to other forms of being oppressed and there are some things that come with that - some pain and anger that come with that and we as black people have to deal with it to heal that. White people have to understand it and have some compassion toward it.