I believe the projects were a social experiment; we were laboratory rats stacked on top of each other, and people just knew, inherently, that there was something wrong. There's not a lot of regard for the property by the residents.

Don't look down, it's an impossible view; Fly like an eagle whatever you do.

I'm retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I'm actually doing it.

I ain't no perfect man I'm tryna do the best that I can with what it is I have.

Live now for the promise of the Infinite

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.'

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