We have to get back to "we." It's important to get back to "we" not just "I."

Every time a new record started, people exhaled with pleasure, or their bodies moved automatically. I really started getting high off of the euphoric exclamations. Every record I put on was like a baptism.

According to my parents, I just started drumming when I was two. I traveled with them from five to seven on the road, playing percussion. Between 8 and 12, my dad sort of prepared me by teaching me every aspect of road life.

When you first start off, you see what other people have and quietly say, "I want that."

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

I hate videos. I'm meticulous on everything from cover art, fonts, productions, mixing. But when it comes to videos, I just feel so defeated.

Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.