Hip-hop gave a generation a common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone gained.

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.

My brands are an extension of me. They're close to me. It's not like running GM, where there's no emotional attachment.

I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government.

I like a girl who spend a little cash for her shoes.

In the end, you can't censor the truth, especially when it comes packaged in hot music.

For me, being with Obama or having dinner with Bill Clinton... It's crazy. It's mind-blowing, because where I come from is just another world. We were just ignored by politicians, by America in general.