I never brag, how real i keep it, cause thats the best secret.

You can't please everybody. You['d] be crazy if you're trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.

Hip-Hop is Dead cause America is dead culturally.

Hip-hop ain't died because of the South, that's retarded. When I named the album originally, I thought I bit off more than I could chew but you'd be an idiot to think I'm talking about how the South killed hip-hop or how New York isn't where it should be or where it once was. It was like, "Damn, I need to explain this?" But I thought, "Nah, the proof is right there. We should know what it is." I expect the hip-hop audience to be avant garde. I want them to be where I'm at or beyond where I'm at.

I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.

Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.

There's really nothing better than music to bring people together and to have amazing music being not just created inside walls but then decimating and activating is going to be special.