Used to rock a throwback ballin on the corner, now I rock tailored suit lookin' like a owner.

On the night he died - he was twenty-seven - Basquiat had been planning to see a Run-DMC show. When people asked him what his art was about, he'd hit them with the same three words: "Royalty, heroism, and the streets.

I couldn't even think about wanting to be something else; I wouldn't let myself visualize another life. But I wrote because I couldn't stop. It was a release, a mental exercise, a way of keeping sane.

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

just when i thought i had everything, i lost it all

Be fluid. Treat each project differently. Be water, man. The best style is no style. Because styles can be figured out. And when you have no style they can't figure you out.

You know the type: loud as a motorbike but wouldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight.