I try to take people at face value and then beyond, taking them out of face value and out of the category of being Black, Latino, Asian, White, Jewish, Muslim or Christian or Atheist, none of that matters to me.

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.

Traditionally people are on the side of the government all the time.

I hate it when they tell us how far we've came to be; as if our people's history started with slavery.

If your religion hasn't made you a better person, then it has failed you as a religion.

I have favourite songs for different things. The diversity of it is the strength.

Art has to be, you know, trade itself, conform to the old strict guidelines set forth by how it was going to act in the future.