My parents are both definitely supportive of my career.They are both big fans of rap. They are really what influenced me.

I was never blinded by the American dream. I have my own dreams. You know what I'm saying? The Joey dream.

Got dragon balls like my name was Vegeta

You're only as strong as your weakest link so you've got to make sure everybody in your crew is on point.

The economic crisis really affected my family - 2006 to 2011 were really bad times. Almost everybody in my family lost their jobs.

On tour things go wrong all the time, I mean that's live music, that's what it's all about. I think one of the things I'm learning is that when stuff goes wrong, really brilliant musicians have the ability to turn this into something interesting and unique. I think good people in any sphere of anything know how to deal with problems, how to take it in your stride. We are learning this by touring, by being put in these positions when we need to focus and deal with it.

Once you dive into the African-American struggle or whatever you want to call it and you look past that, you realize that it's not a black people problem, it's a human problem. We all can't be at peace until we are all at peace. If there's a piece of us suffering, then we are all suffering. That's what it's about. That's the macro level.