I think that all journalists, specifically print journalists, have a responsibility to educate the public. When you handle a culture's intellectual property, like journalists do, you have a responsibility not to tear it down, but to raise it up. The depiction of rap and of hip-hop culture in the media, I think, is one that needs more of a responsible approach from journalists.

Kings lose crowns but teachers stay intelligent

No [other rappers are on my level], none of them. Here, let me put it like this in the sky, there are a million stars, but when the sun appears, you see none of them. I am the sun.

Teachers teach and do the world good, Kings just rule and most are never understood

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

Stop the negativity and control our creativity

The single most important lesson I learned is that black people are the cause of black people's demise.