Being a good rapper is hard to do. I'm a good Rapaport, but that's about it.

When I was a kid, my first favorite song was probably Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side."

Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up.

I don't want to misrepresent who I am personally. I don't want my kids to see me on a talk show and say, "You're talking different" or "You look different, dad." I'm not gonna be an animal; I know how to conduct myself.

So to compare the Beatles, obviously the Beatles are the Beatles, but in hip-hop terms, Tribe is the Beatles. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are the Beatles. Big Daddy Kane is Jimi Hendrix. It means that much to people that grew up with it.

I don't think the subject of a documentary film should be producers on it.

My favorite part is just being able to say and do things that you can't do in real life, and behaving in a way that's just not really acceptable, in the real world.