I've signed a few sneakers in my day.

I came into the rap game in 1992; my life was changing, but my group wasn't successful; I also saw the biggest rappers in the world die all of a sudden in the ensuing years, so it was a matter of conquering yourself before you can conquer the world.

There's always something going on on movie sets. Even just from, you know, maybe you come in tired some days and you're not in your best mood. It's different when you're shooting movies because you're on a schedule and you gotta come with your A-game every day.

It's always good to be working.

I've done a lot of films that all have been pretty edgy.

I've signed a few sneakers in my day.

As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J.