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.

I don't control life, but I can control how i react to it

Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.

The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.

Just because you miss someone doesn't mean you need them back in your life. Missing is just a part of moving on.

You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us.

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