I grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.

The way I grew up and the neighborhood I come from, when you know somebody's beating you and you still let it happen, then you're a victim. You're no longer a man when you know something is happening and you don't stand up. So that's just how we raised.

I usually don't mind movies that people think go overboard because that's what art is all about. Art is about pushing us and making us examine ourselves.

Never question the size of Ice Cube's balls!

If you love what you do, and you believe in your talent, there's nothing better than breaking through. There's no better feeling than breaking through.

No matter what part of the country you come from, you can always come together to make groundbreaking hip-hop.

I believe every pencil has to be sharpened every now and then to stay sharp, or you dull out. So my records, I chose to speak on what black people do, what white people do, what women do, what men do.