I definitely use "smiling while rapping" as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording. At times it can get tedious and stressful when it's not sounding the way you heard it in your head, but you've got to remember to just smile and appreciate the fact that you're even in the booth and there are people who want to hear your art.

I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems.

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

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

Hip-hop was started as a very egocentric, testosterone, machismo-driven art form. The way that people are trying to take away that masculinity that is a such an intrinsical part of hip-hop music.

No freedom til we're equal...damn right I support it.

I think music should be experienced by people all ages.