Being materialistic is part of the hip-hop community's nature, because jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll, when they started out in the urban communities, were about the American Dream, and the lack of opportunity in that structure. So they talked about everything - uplifting and getting what is perceived as success in America.

I live in hip-hop. I don't find it to be offensive.

Be encouraged. Stay on your hustle. You can't fail until u quit.

Gratefulness is a practice, just like happiness is a choice.

[T]here's nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.

I want to talk a little bit abut two things: clarity and cloudiness. Both of them quiet the mind. One quiets it, the other numbs it. either way, there's less thought, and the less thought, the more happiness.

I'm not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.