A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though they're supposed to be leaders in the world, they're followers. They follow what they think someone else is doing, instead of trying to blaze a trail.

It’s very seductive to focus on what you don’t like as opposed to celebrating all that it is that you do.

Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.

Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?

There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.

The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop. I do think there is more than enough of a balance, though, for fans who are willing to search it out.

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.