We know that those huge U.S. brands do have political sway.

My experience has to be funnelled through a black experience or a white experience, or it doesn't exist, because that's how we're going to deal with the world.

I just think that funerals are a lot like death itself. You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control.

I don't really see a difference in independent and major labels. To me, it's pretty much the same. There used to be a difference between indies and major labels, but I don't think there is anymore.

Nike is the uniform for kids all over the world, and African design has been killed by Nike. Africans no longer want to wear their own designs.

There has been an effect of business rap on the output of today's rap music. But I don't think that's the modern day rapper's fault.

Across the world, on your phone, everybody gets the same list of things to read, listen to, and watch.