The hip hop community is not at fault here - I'm definitely not blaming them. But, that can't be the only view of manhood for our young men.

When people think you are speaking against them as a group, they try to shut it down out here.

I think that once you lose your fear, and understand that your position is God-given, then, if you lose your fear of what man can do, it enables you to do some things that God wants you to do.

I'm not a good mother at all.

I ain't no author, man . . . my writing skills are not of "New York Times" best-seller quality, trust and believe it ain't. My vocabulary ain't.

I was always a dreamer with high aspirations, but I kept coming up short my whole life.

The hip hop community is not at fault here - I'm definitely not blaming them. But, that can't be the only view of manhood for our young men.