Even where the game is today, cats don't really focus on necessarily what it is that you're saying so when people say, "Oh, you can't rap," I play into the joke. That's why I'll challenge anybody; anybody rapping, let's go just because I know what the art form is and even when you see these battle rappers in here, they're so skillful. It's actually a skill.

The people who truly love me and loved me before all of this stuff. You can't ever leave them behind.

I'm so into playing different characters, even when I was on Nickelodeon. I just observe.

I always say that candy is the perfect studio food - it keeps your energy going.

Saturday morning, you knew what was cool by what was on 'Soul Train.'

I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.

I take my spoken-word stuff extremely seriously because I feel like that's true writing, true lyricism.