Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary.

I got my first exposure to Islam when I was 13.

My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.

I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I'm trying to live life in the sight of GOD's memory.

I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.

Michael Jordan on the court is a completely different guy. If the play requires him to leap out all the way and grab the ball, that's what he'll do. He may be a completely shy, withdrawn sort of person [off the court].

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.