Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you.

Only he without sin can tell me if my means justify my ends.

I think Lil Wayne is extremely talented. I think he's one of the most talented ones out there.

That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are intermingling, hanging out, having fun, enjoying the same music. Hip-hop is not just in the Bronx anymore. It's worldwide. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip-hop and partying together. Hip-hop has done that.

I'm not concerned with noise because I'm playing the long game.

Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.

Is to have had and lost/Better than not having at all?