I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.

War is not civilized.

I'm not an artist that has a big, huge radio record that's going to be on BET. I'm not, at this point, gunning for like, "Oh, I'm gonna kill them in the first week." But as people slowly discover the album they realize it's better than a lot of what they've been listening to all year.

Or is it the mind state that's ill, creating crime rates to fill the new prisons the build

I have a luxury of people coming to see me whether I play for the crowd or not. I don't take that lightly.

We send young white boys to the Army. We're sending young black boys to the prisons.

I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.