Don't want to hear my favorite rapper doin' a love song. If I want to hear something soft, I'll throw on Luther Vandross.

I like to tell the streets what the political climate is, and I like to tell any politicians that's listening what the streets think. And sometimes people get nicked up and bruised up, but I usually have a lot of good medicine for that.

I would love to meet Bob Marley. I mean, he's passed, but that's somebody that I would've loved to meet.

Do I gotta go sell me a whole lotta crack for decent shelter and clothes on my back?

Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don't doubt yourself.

Run DMC brought us out of that underground-only feel. They brought rap above ground and made it respectable as an art form to mainstream music.

I wish the world would become what God wanted it to be in the first place, before we tampered with it.