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'm more like an oven than a microwave.

Hip-Hop is bigger than the government.

I really can't say what inspires me the most, because I'm inspired by just about everything. My feelings and relationships, my family, Scooby-Doo. Opinion of my work. Everything. Not just one thing.

Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite revolutionaries. He spoke from his heart, his mind. That's what I want to do.

It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.

My eyes are green, Cause I eat a lot of vegetables, It don't have nothing to do with your new friend