Roxanne Shanté was kind of the first female to really come out and get respected by dudes, because she went at dudes real hard and battled them and freestyled a lot, and really came off the head a lot.

It's not always easy to do the right thing. But, doing the right thing makes you strong, it builds character.

Bowling, I like bowling. I've been getting into this bowling thing. It's kinda fun.

Some people observe life naturally and sometimes you just have to let things out and think about it later.

Sometimes I pray when I really feel like I need God to help me with something, and sometimes we just have conversations. We just kick it.

My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, 'Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don't put everything in one basket,' but she let me explore and be creative.

I think as far as the music industry is concerned, it's kind of been the wild, wild West in a way with the Internet, which is not necessarily a bad thing to me.