There just needs to be a gay rapper who's better than everybody. That's when that question will no longer be able to be asked.

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

A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.

Michael Bloomberg is a sensible guy. He's just privileged. He's a goddamn billionaire, and he or his family members have never had to deal with anything as remotely degrading as stop and frisk. So he has no point of reference.

Hip hop has always been, for us, for artists who are pure to the craft - any place overseas, whether it's Australia, any place in Asia, Germany, Africa, it becomes something where you can still go and work. Hip hop is an import culture. We're spoiled by it here. It's homegrown.

Life is a beautiful struggle.

You see somebody rapping and you're like, "Nah, my cousin can do that." You're spoiled by the experience. Overseas, it's still something that people can appreciate.