I've been around a lot longer than most rappers stay around. So I don't feel like, I haven't made too many career mistakes.

My problem is that I never get through the whole book. I skim through this one, that one, and then the other one.

There's a lot of talent in South Central L.A., in Compton and Long Beach and Watts, and the city north of Pico pretty much sits back and waits for that talent to emerge and then steps in.

When my nine goes buck, it will bust your head like a watermelon dropping 12 stories up.

Some people have a taboo about doing advertising in the States. You know, where they kind of make their bread and butter. But to me, that's crazy.

There's a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don't have that chance to show it.

The creative process of making a movie really turned me on. I'd started getting behind the scenes with a camcorder and VHS tape when making music videos.