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.

Honestly, I don't always want to get up in the mornings, but I do anyway.

I've always been inspired by a lot of work coming out of the UK

You change the beat up, you might change the way people dance to the music. If you change the way they move, maybe they'll think about it differently.

I hear the weed is really strong in California.

I was fed by the music I listened to as a kid. Hip-hop fed me psychologically, spiritually, politically. I learned from that music.

There's so much to be found in literature, especially if you don't have the money to travel or the means to get out of your neighborhood or get off work.