The trust that I once built has been betrayed. But I'd rather live tellin' the truth and be judged for my mistakes, than falsely held up, given props, loved and praised.

When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.

If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me. Have you read the YouTube comments lately? 'Man, that's gay' gets dropped on the daily.

Consciousness rap - a term that I don't think exactly exists but gets thrown around a lot - is not exactly popular.

Michael Jordan was a cultural icon that everybody on the playground wanted to be. The Bulls dynasty was a huge part of my childhood and it was the peak of my basketball interest as a kid.

We sell our dreams and our potential to escape through that buzz.

I don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random times.