I care about what I look like on the red carpet.

My son, O'Shea. He looks like me, and he can rhyme.

Most of the problems that we have are brought on by the government and not by music. Music is a mirror of what we're going through, not the cause of what we're going through.

But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all the time started bringing a synergy and energy about having to rep your city, your team, everywhere and all the time.

Keep doin' what you're doin', fall in love with what you're creating, and everything else will fall into place.

I don't listen to nothing while I'm in the studio, because I don't want to be influenced by anybody else.

I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket.