I think that one of the hardest things in the world to be is a black male. I mean everyone hates your guts. White men are afraid of you. White women are afraid of you. The cops hate you. The government wants you dead. Your own people want to shoot you for what you got. You just can't get over it. And even if you are able to get over it you're forced to do it on the white guy's terms.

When I die, the world dies with me. I'd really like to leave it better than how I found it and I'm doing what I can to effect that.

I'm not harmful, just introspective. You can probably think I'm weird, but it's not harmful weird.

Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors.

Respect is not a one way street

I mean I appreciate fan mail and that the people like what I am doing but I can't answer it. If I would answer 25 letters a day I would be just a guy answering mail and not an artist anymore.

I wonder how Colin Powell sleeps at night. I would like to have a word with him because he lied. He lied. He lied to me. He lied to my face through the camera at the U.N.