I think hip-hop can be prophetic and progressive, and at the same time, the dominant forms tend to be homophobic, misogynistic and something that we need to critically call into question.

Courage is the enabling virtue for any philosopher - for any human being, I think, in the end. Courage to think, courage to love, courage to hope.

A rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it.

Music is the very cement that has not just held the black community together but holds black selves together in a fundamental sense.

There ought to be a robust, uninhibited conversation in black America with different black ideological perspectives.

When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots. They can't get away with their abuse. They can't get away with subjection. They can't get away with subjugation. They can't get away with exploitation. They can't get away with domination. It takes courage for folk to stand up.

You can see it in terms of the obsession on Wall Street with not just profits but greed, more profit, more profit.