When the President (of the United States) mentions your name in anger, you know the sh*t has hit the fan!

I'm pretty open book, I'm also the kind of person that will say, 'That's none of your business,' too.

You've got the Wall Street situation, the sub-prime situation. You've got a black president. We've got wars. We've got unemployment. But the music doesn't reflect that. And I challenge anybody to show me a music that's on the radio that reflects that.

I've lectured at Stanford, Princeton & Harvard to name a few... I just might be smarter than YOU

Before rap came along, I was, actually, actively in the streets; getting in trouble, doing the wrong thing.

...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.

I'm like a monkey. You don't let go of one branch until you get a hold of the other.