Hip-hop in a lot of ways is like sports; when you go to a sports game, you see people from all ages, all ethnicities, all social classes, they're all there enjoying the game. Hip-hop has been one of the only forms of music that has provided that kind of atmosphere.

As I grew older I found that I really had a knack for rhyming and I pursued that. So by thirteen I got serious about using my writing and rhyming skills. I did it everywhere I could.

I love the church, the church that God is establishing, that Jesus died for, so I'll never have any negative things to say about His church.

If we can't come together, and have conversations and understand our biases and understand that hate, none of us are really the good guys here.

We rushed to Haiti. We Adopt in Asia. We empathize with Africa. But struggle to humanize our struggles here in the states.

Everybody can relate to being an outsider, having to deal with that, and having to wrestle with how people view them.

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