It’s one thing to be the greatest; it’s another thing to be necessary. The best are the most necessary: those who take less than they give and love more than they hate.

Reckless capitalism kills black people.

We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.

Hip-Hop went from selling crack to smoking it

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

We blasted holes in the night until she bled sunshine

You've got to validate every day. There are those who just put a stamp on it and say, "This is gonna be a good day and I'm not gonna let anything else make it a bad day."