To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way.

Hip-Hop went from selling crack to smoking it

Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.

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

Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?

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

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.