It felt like love to me. It embraced me. I accepted it and thought, "Well, this is how [Dre] loves." I got that from my mother and from my grandmother, who were abused.

Someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.

For me, surviving Compton is surviving the men, because Suge and Dre are from Compton. So in my world, in my mind, I survived their mentality.

For the First Time in My Adult Lifetime, I'm Really Proud of My Country

Studying in countries like China isn't only about your prospects in the global marketplace. It's not just about whether you can compete with your peers in other countries to make America stronger. It's also about whether you can come together and work together with them to make our world stronger. It's about the friendships you make, the bonds of trust you establish and the image of America that you project to the rest of the world.

There are no mistakes in life, and it's not about anybody being able to judge you.

No one country can confront them alone…the only way forward is together.