My Umi said shine your light on the world, shine your light for the world to see

To me, playing an instrument and singing, all of these different things are just as natural to me as rhyming.

I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is.

Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness.

I've been fortunate with my acting career. A lot of scripts come to me. I don't mind auditioning if something that requires that, but I haven't had to in awhile, which is a nice place to be 'cause I've been on quite a lot of auditions in my life.

My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.

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