If Hip Hop has the ability to corrupt young minds, it also has the ability to Uplift them.

The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop

I've enjoyed much success. The IRS is always at my door, constantly.

The true word of God is written in our heart.

If you're a conscious rap artist and you're worried about Billboard charts, you're gonna have a problem.

Just black executives have a bias against older artists. We don't respect our elders. That's not because of white people. That's because of black leadership. We just have that problem, and it's something that I am going to spend the rest of my life trying to conquer.

I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of our black people culture, and it's the name of our identity and consciousness. I think hip-hop is not a product, but a culture. I think rap is a product, but when hip-hop becomes a product, that's slavery, because you're talking about people's souls. To me, that's the biggest problem.