So few hip-hop artists have ever advanced. Their songs on their seventh, eighth albums sound exactly like the songs on their first album. More than an artist, I'm a real person-and real people grow. And I wanna just sing my growth.

I don’t like facts, because facts get in the way of my feelings.

If you don't make Christmas presents, meaning making something that's so emotionally connected to people, don't talk to me.

I believe that everyone is a fashion insider, because it's illegal to be naked.

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books ... I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life.

We can teach about hip-hop history, we can teach about legends, hip-hop theory. It's been around so long that text books can be written about it. This is a perfect time to capitalize on and get kids excited about music education.

My wife has dated broke black dudes.