I wouldn't write about sh*t I don't know. You won't hear me write about politics in Africa and stuff, because I don't know enough about it. And I would never rap about something I can't back up.

I've been in crime for a long time and I know that the actual move isn't the actual crime: the crime continues [afterwards].

It's not about being mad at everything. It's about being really mad at the right things.

You can't do an impersonation of somebody nobody knows.

Ice-T in the music has done some outrageous things.

You know, the radio never wanted you to speak about anything, so the music is kinda influenced by the hands of the radio which wants to homogenize it and dilute it and sanitize it. And for the most part, nobody's takin' the time to seek out the cats that are still tryin' to talk, so they have a difficult time being heard.

I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and the grime and the roughness of the streets. They don't want the fluff.