Hip-Hop is being spoken through spirituality... Meaning that you'll be able to listen to it spiritually for yourself.

If we have power to degrade an entire society, then we also have the power to uplift it.

It's not that you don't make any money doing conscious rap music. You make a lot of money doing this, but if you're greedy and you're not satisfied with $500,000 a year, and you want $2 million a year, then you will suffer as a conscious rap artist.

I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of the culture, and it's the name of the 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.

I make intelligence cool. I make spirituality cool. If we can make one's devotion to God cool, then I think I did a great thing. I can rest in peace.

So you think that hip-hop had it's start out in Queensbridge, If you popped that junk up in the Bronx you might not live.

Educate yourself make your world view bigger, visualize wealth, and put yourself in the picture