I think hip-hop has changed. When I first came out, hip-hop was more of a kind of way to learn about new places, new things. What are kids doing on the East coast, what are kids doing here. Then it left that and is like a party mode. I think it's going back to people wanting to get messages and wanting to learn things from the music.

South Central is just who I am.

Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.

I think [director] Malcolm Lee is a real master at being able to make you laugh while bringing serious subject-matter, so the movie doesn't hinge on silliness, but on real life.

Obama reminds me of the black kid at a white school that don't nobody want to play with.

As a husband, I'm a true partner. I don't believe one person should have dominance over another.

I don't do much cooking, but one of my favorite dishes to eat is my wife's macaroni and cheese.