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

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

I can't expect rappers to be politicized when Americans are not socially motivated enough to care about their own lives and public policy as much as they were even 20 years ago. But I'm compelled to make the music I make regardless.

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

I don't trust the church or the government, and anything the church or the government tells me I assume to be a lie or a conspiracy, until proven true.

Being an adult, you've already suffered enough from your own mistakes, and the world, to come to this as a humble human being. So it's not like, "I'm going to do the right thing because it advances me," as much as it's like, "I'm going to do the right thing because this puts me closest to the dream I had as a 10-year-old kid."