One of the things that sells music is when the artist is looked at as someone who's come up from the streets. Not just any streets, but the toughest, meanest streets of the urban ghetto. And that's called 'street credibility'.

Boys want to grow up to be like their male role models. And boys who grow up in homes with absent fathers search the hardest to figure out what it means to be male.

It's easy to have faith when everything is going great. The real test of faith is when you're facing something that only your faith in God will get you through.

Monsters work seven days a week and don't take vacations.

If you raise a child, there's no time, you can't be a great parent.

Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science.

One of the things that sells music is when the artist is looked at as someone who's come up from the streets. Not just any streets, but the toughest, meanest streets of the urban ghetto. And that's called 'street credibility'.