No temporary chaos is worth your sanity.

The big stars in rap, they were too big, so when my rap generation started, it was about bringing you inside my apartment. It wasn't about being a rap star; it was about anything other than.

My record company had to beg me to stop filmin' music videos in the projects. No matter what the song was about, I had 'em out there.

America is a melting pot for all different groups of people, historically. And it's rare that the story of all of these people will be told in the history books. So I always felt I had to find out my history for myself and research my roots.

Hip-Hop is Dead cause America is dead culturally.

I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.

I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.