People tend to think of gentrification in terms of race because it's presented that way, and I think it's presented that way because in poor cities that's what's really going on. Beyond that, I think it's presented that way as a way for the people who are really pushing it to make it just a black problem, so people don't care.

Being a black rapper is like being a Southern, socialite woman: You're always worried about appearances.

As an artist, that's our job - to be with you in times of celebration and when the world is kicking your ass.

I have searched all night and day for new and better words that could express my feelings and fear for the people of this country. I found no new words. I only have no hope-filled insight to deliver. I only have this warning to all Americans: Whatever this country is willing to do to the least of us, it will one day do to us 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 feel worn down as a human being who has to constantly justify their existence to other human beings because I'm a minority

I like his consistency, because Bernie Sanders talk - it boils down to the American people. His one thing is the American people.