Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.

Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.

I can't say that I always want to get out of bed, you know.

The music aids the message, it's there to punctuate and abbreviate and shape the silence

It was always important to me to be that kid who could rock the party as well as rock the English professor's mind.

I have offered myself to the inkwell of the wordsmith that I might be shaped into new terms of being.

Sometimes our thoughts and feelings are our most prized possessions... and then there are times to let go of your possessions and wander.