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.

I was always the type of person, and still am the type of person, that I cannot be creative and use substances. So from a very early age I knew that if I wanted to make music, successfully, in any capacity, I was going to have to get sober.

I'm someone that examines culture and tries to break down why things are the way that they are whether its hip-hop music, sex, race, or consumerism. I try to examine it and scrutinize it to the point where I can write a song.

Bullying is a national epidemic.

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

Expectations are resentments waiting to happen

I think what's wrong with the fashion world, particularly men's fashion, is the lack of creativity behind it.