To me, it's an honour to be accepted as a hip hop artist, it gives me a lot of opportunity to express myself.

You're supposed to be who you are. You're supposed to make music that is true to you.

I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We're warriors. Soldiers.

You lose money chasing women, never lose women chasing money...

Hip-Hop is Dead cause America is dead culturally.

I think you gotta always do things that keep you excited in an [rap music] industry that's so bullshit. When you know that you have so much energy and so much to give, it would be a shame if the facilitators of that aren't enthusiastic about you doing it, because you've been doing it for so long. So you just gotta figure out ways in this insane business to keep it fresh.

Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.