African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.

Live now for the promise of the Infinite

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.

I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.

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

If it's just fame for the sake of being famous, no one even cares about you - and you don't even care about yourself because you're like, "This is so ridiculous."

Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?