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

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

this is her body this is her blood

I feel pretty vulnerable all the time.

I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that's ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations.

I think everything has its place. So if the ideas or the fluidity isn't coming in writing, maybe it's related to ingestions.

I have an acquired taste for language, yet it is seldom an actual focus of mine.