Sunlight and seeing something that was a thought become a thing and materialize - that makes me come alive.

I got the opportunity to meet people all over the world. Brilliant women, tall women, short women, slim women, thick women, you name it. But, I don't meet them. I have the opportunities to and it's a little bit - I'm a little shy, so I don't meet them and I don't know who's right for me.

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.

Let the music diffuse all the tension.

Hip-hop is bigger than the South, hip-hop is bigger than New York.

I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.

Don't ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life's all about.