I feel like I haven't done anything. What have I done? I've just made a few records.

I don't plan how many people I work with. I don't charge anything. It's for my own learning, and I just enjoy being the welcoming committee. I became a doula by default.

I'm learning from them! Everyone says that, but it's true. You learn more about yourself from them than from any other lesson.

When you're performing, you're creating a moment.

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.

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

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.