My first Hip Hop concert was at the Apollo at the age of 12. Southpaw's father was interviewing Queen Latifah and Treach as well as many others. The place was so packed no one could move but I got to be backstage with the video equipment and so I saw the show from a great place.

You don't have to either choose to save the world or become a sellout. I say to people, "Listen dude, how can you save the world if you can't even save yourself? Why don't you try to affect one person's life who's in your life, and that would be historic."

I've had some confrontations after I got out of prison and I'm proud of the fact that I dealt with them differently.

Universal truth is not measured in mass appeal.

A man who walks with God, can walk anywhere. Hence, I fear nothing.

Some artists think every woman is a groupie, and that every dude is a sucker, and I never looked at people like that.

I won't trade humanity for patriotism.