For a while, the genre seemed to be just about sex and crime. Rappers are storytellers; the stories don't need to be true!

I got into direct confrontation with everybody I love.

We've got to protect the music and make sure it never gets exploited.

I try not to have a day pass where I don't read something from the Bible. It's like my sustenance to me.

I love being able to reach people directly, but in an ideal scenario, I would not have to rush the release of new music… but the message is still there.

I don't want to be religious, I want to be spiritual. Anybody can be religious. Some people jog religiously. You don't want to be that, you want to be spiritual. You want to have a relationship with God as opposed to doing what everyone else does.

Tell me who I've got to be, to get some reciprocity