Everyone is related to Africa; everyone comes from Africa. We are all distant relatives.

The average man can't prove most of the things that he chooses to speak of, and still won't research and find out the root of the truth that you seek of

Every one of my father's songs is a lesson.

Everyone is related to Africa; everyone comes from Africa. We are all distant relatives.

In Jamaica, them always have throwback riddims, recycled old beats, and the hardcore reggae scene is always present. You have faster stuff like the more commercialized stuff, but you always have that segment of music that is always from the core, from the original root of it. This year, you have seen a lot of it explode on the international scene. It's great. People are looking for something different. Maybe there was too much of one thing, and now they're looking for something fresh.

Toasting is basically what you call rapping. It came off of playing the beats at the parties, however it be. You find a space in the beat, and you have somebody live just basically saying rhymes over the beat.

Politicians need to stop the violence because it has become a way of life in Jamaica. It's the thing to do - be violent in Jamaica.