I don't bask in the awards I've won, read my bank statements, I refuse. To me, that's how you start losing the hunger.

I don't bask in the awards I've won, read my bank statements, I refuse. To me, that's how you start losing the hunger.

I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.

I'm a 24-hour tweet machine, I'm a 24-hour blogger. When there's no pressure on me, I can talk and write and lecture with the best of them. But put a deadline on me and I start getting writer's block.

Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.

In terms of being a 'sneakerhead,' there was one point where I was obsessively following every sneaker blog. That's the beauty of Twitter: To get the heads up on what's coming out.

I prefer to unwind by DJing. I learned that from Mike D from the Beastie Boys. After a show, he would DJ. Once I saw that, I wanted to do that. And now DJing is like my lifeline. I love the power it represents.