In the early '90s, when I really started to find my voice, I was reading a lot of books, and I was moved by the writers, like Chinua Achebe, and I wanted to be able to write rhymes that were as potent as what I was reading.

It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'

There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists.

Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.

The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like "Who on top of this?

They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is.

Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.