Authenticity resonates with people. The industry can be very misleading and is built to make people believe what they see. But people aren't dumb they can see through that and I think real music and real people resonate.

Hip hop - it's an art form but it's a culture as well. You grow up in the culture and you never leave it. It's a style of dress; it's a way of thought. I always grew up in the culture, and it was part of who I was and I carried it into every world I was in.

Artists have the unique ability to tell stories. It's not charts and graphs that get people to change.

Don't waste your time explaining who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.

Don't fool people to think you are better than who you are. Instead of trying to act changed, pray that you will be changed.

When you care about the culture, you can stop, pause, and say, "Okay, where do I stand in the midst of this all?"

Money cannot purchase joy. It buys temporary distractions.