Nice guys just don't finish first in the music industry.

I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint.

Over the years, a lot of rappers - Lil' Wayne, Ice Cube - have used my name in their songs. I'm a real touchstone of history.

Why can't we all just get along?

I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.

I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God.

I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference.