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.

You learn that Hollywood has its own rules, sometimes. And it's tricky, and sometimes you can't see what's coming around the corner.

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.

You really have to challenge yourself to come out of those parameters that they put you in, even if that's your job.

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

The best thing to do is to write about what you know, and if you write about what you know you can always pull those nice little tidbits that hook people, that shows that you know about this world and can bring people into a world that they may not know nothing about.

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.