I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.

If I collaborate with people, ideas...they take interesting turns and twists, and I'm excited for that and that process and excited to see what we come up with.

I'm not going to run for office. I don't think that's the right move for me.

When I write, I don't really focus on duets or anything like that, or whether I'm going to feature this or that rapper. I just focus on just making a great song and figure out the rest later.

Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&B pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider to be 'black music.' There is a natural synergy between the three.

As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.

Happy that New York passed marriage equality tonight. A victory for human rights. Progress.