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.

The best thing I've done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.

When I was six, God was a white man with a big beard riding on a white cloud. That's the image television pumps.

I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God.

I always said that what I do is street knowledge, you let the street know what the politicians of today are doing, and if the politicians are listening, let them know what the streets think.

Most actors have to sit by the phone and wait for somebody to call them up to audition and stuff. I don't think I can exist in Hollywood just on that. I think I need to be proactive and making sure that things I really want to do are being developed to the point where somebody wants to make them?

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.