I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.

We're all Africans, everyone - black, white, yellow.

I talk about Africa and its meaning, being the birthplace of man and all that great history that's been erased and even hidden. I think it's my duty to be proud and to bring about the conversation that allows us to talk about the great history of my people.

Just sitting in silence is one of the best things a man can do.

I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.

No matter where you're from - you can be Native American, Italian, Jewish, Latino, African-American - whatever you are, we're all distant relatives.

Through the lights cameras and action, glamour glitters and gold I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe.