In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people.

I hear a lot of cries of socialism and certainly real disguises of "Why should I share my money with these people?" We have to get back to "we." It's important to get back to "we" not just "I."

All we sell is the Greatest feeling on Earth

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

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.