Music is powerful. It is the only thing that can speak into your mind, your heart and your soul without your permission.

I lost my childhood. I didn't play football or video games. Or have birthdays or the love of a family.

Only a coward will use a gun to protect and get respect for themselves.

I'm rapping in English but in an African way. I'm not trying to sound like an American.

If you really kill, you don't want to talk about it.

I still have nightmares of dead comrades, a long time ago, talking to me. 'Emmanuel, don't forget about us, don't give up, keep telling our story.'

In Africa, you know, if you're poor, at least you can go to the forest and share some mangoes with the gorillas and monkey.