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...

What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.

I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.

My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.

You can positively affect and change a social circumstance with art, and it’s vital that a change happens now.

Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.

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.