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

I feel like my job is to make impact, spread love, tell great stories, inspire people, that's what I am going to do.

Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people.

You can't be a 25-year-old forever.

You see all these things that make you feel desperate or sad, but you realize changes can be made, and it doesn't take a lot of money on our part to make a change in people's lives.

Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist.

Some people, you know, should just go to college and do what they do and have a great job and not worry about trying to be famous as a singer. It's not for everyone.