Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop.

Young bloods can't spell but they could rock you in PlayStation...

I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who are in charge of what people see or hear are afraid. What you hear on top 40 or what you see on BET or MTV is not a fair representation of what is really going on...

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

I've always loved rhyming. I love language.

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

I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.