I'm a very conceptual writer.

Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create.

You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something. To speak out against it.

As a white male in America, I have privilege. As a white male who happens to be an artist with a fan base, I have a platform to spread awareness about that privilege. However, songs about race and privilege are very difficult to A) write and B) dissect as a listener. They're heavy.

I want to be someone who is respected and not just in terms of my music. I want to be respected in terms of the way that I treat people... Music is my creative outlet in terms of expressing what is important to me; what has importance, what has a value. And I wanna be respected for that.

I learned from my teachers but became through my music

Us as rappers underestimate the power and effects that we have on these kids