I believe excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over.

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.

You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you.

I thought I would be more inspired to have all these new feelings to talk about, but I really just want to hang out with my daughter.

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

I can think of no one more relevant and credible in the hip-hop community to build upon Def Jam's fantastic legacy and move the company into its next groundbreaking era.

When you're growing up, your dad is your superhero. Once you've let yourself fall that in love with someone, once you put him on such a high pedestal and he lets you down, you never want to experience that pain again.