I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's cool. Let's look at who Billie was: she was this person, this singer, this beautiful diva who could move the audience with the slightest gesture of her hand.

He definitely does what a partner is supposed to do, that is, evolve you.

We as Black people have to tell our own stories. We have to document our history. When we allow someone else to document our history the history becomes twisted and we get written out. We get our noses blown off.

Hip-hop is the people. What the people are moving toward is what hip-hop is. I think people are moving toward a freer way of thinking. Openness.

I think what makes people think that is because of things people write. It really doesn't have anything to do with the artist.

I go through phases of stuff.

Now my record deal helps me to do things for free or give more time to my community than I could otherwise.