There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the media talk about hip hop, they're confused because they haven't done their homework on it so you have a case where there's an award for the most pop song in the world and it's called 'hip hop'.

My first record - it was 1991. I was 16 years old. My first album came out when I was 20. So, I've been here that long and I still have the passion to do it.

You a slave to a page in my rhyme book.

I fell in love with words and I think that made my mom smile. I think that was cool for her.

It hurts to see anybody in pain, if you've got any kind of heart.

Some people say I'm conscious, some say I'm a gangsta rapper - it's just me doing me. I'm stomping in my own lane. I'm doing what I do.

Niggas hate what they can't understand, fear what they can't conquer