My dad's been one of those dads who loves showing newspaper articles to the neighbors.

It's hard to play a laptop in the midst of band and have people want to buy your t-shirts and CD's.

I am ultimately comfortable with what I'm sampling.

Something that distinguishes my solo work from normal rap production is that it has a lot of melody - it's not just cutting up a song and having someone rap over it.

Nowadays when you buy music its like you're donating to that cause, because you most likely could hear it in some capacity for free.

I do try to pick music that is from different worlds and typically doesn't flow together. When you do that, you get songs with conflicting messages, but for me, it's on a musical level first and foremost.

My dad's been one of those dads who loves showing newspaper articles to the neighbors.