When I was in N.W.A. and didn't get paid all the money I was owed, that's when the business side of showbiz hit me.

We're in this entertainment business really to give the audience what they want.

I always say the movie came out good if they want another one. That always tells me that people really liked the movie.

Young people are dying for no reason all over the world that don't know why. It's ugly, everywhere.

I always was like, "Yo, I'm here, I might as well get what I could take."

You wanna be remembered for making an impact and changing things. I guess for the good or for the bad, it don't matter. But I guess you just wanna be remembered when it's all said and done.

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.