What I'm aiming to do within hip-hop is to point out that the music itself is powerful; it reaches so many people.

I feel that people need to be jolted out of their comfort zones.

What I'm aiming to do within hip-hop is to point out that the music itself is powerful; it reaches so many people.

Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair.

Come, my love, we have oceans to sail.

The organization of self, and all self-aligning principles would be those that I promote.

There is no music more powerful than hip-hop. No other music so purely demands an instant affirmative on such a global scale. When the beat drops, people nod their heads, “yes,” in the same way that they would in conversation with a loved one, a parent, professor, or minister.