I'm not one of those artists who doubts that they made dope-ass records. From the first record to now, each record has gotten better. I started dope, so I've just gotten doper and doper and dopest and super dope.

With each new album: I need to kill the last version of me.

My focus is always on the conditions that create social problems, not just a particular person.

I'm just seeing as I grow older, and hopefully wiser, that a lot of things I see from a race perspective are class problems too, so I should be advocating for all.

Most rappers are black men. If you're a black man, you owe something to the community that you came from. If you're rapping about the community that you came from, and you're romanticizing parts of it for the entertainment of people who don't look like you, you certainly owe something to the community.

I don't accept the term 'political rapper' because I don't give a damn about either political party. I give a damn about the people.

My grandmother taught me, you believe in a politician, you get out there and work for them. So, that`s what I`ve been doing.