By the time it came to the 90s, the late 90s, being a businessman was the beacon to uphold. We've been having the concept of the best rapper equals the best businessman.

Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it's necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable?

Nowadays, [young musicians] are so quick to be like, "OK, fine, I'll take the cheque, or I'll get the stamp from XYZ, and I'm expanding my brand," rather than thinking, "I'm part of this space over here, and in order for it to grow, you can't have it assimilated by this bigger bubble or corporate brand."

You have to constantly redefine who you are.

Businessmen in society are not going to be the ones that promote anything outside of money.

Culturally, I found myself in a very weird situation: you were the person that had made that journey to the West, and then you were going back to comment on something, and then suddenly you were questioned and told, "You can't touch that now because you're a pop star."

I feel like I'm living in the dead weeds of hip-hop. I live in the graveyard of what went wrong with hip-hop.