You a slave to a page in my rhyme book.

My skin is an art gallery right, with paintings and crucifixes hoping to save me from all the dangers in the music business

And the stuff that I write, is even tougher than dykes.

I'm inspired by people like Nelson Mandela. Can you imagine - you know how racist America was back then - imagine how racism was in South Africa when he had to stand up and say what he had to say. That's bravery beyond comprehension.

My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.

In hip hop no one cares. No one stands up for it and it's a mess. We need order so we can all follow the tradition of where we came from. We need to keep referring to the pioneers.

Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.