As a people we do not need anyone else's stamp of approval.

Everybody does what they want to do for their own specific reasons.

If you can't take a hit, you're not going to last long, that's for sure.

It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are.

I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful.

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.

I'm worried just as much about Donald Trump as that crazy guy in North Korea - and he has a nuclear code. I'm worrying about that.