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

Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.

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.

My partner has to have good sized bones.

I think that civil rights issues take a lot of time to develop.

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

Thrift shopping is really just an extension of me being that same kid and going into a place that's completely unconventional that has really endless possibilities in terms of outfits that you can put together and really just expressing yourself.