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

If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.

Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.

I look at the deejay thing as a tier thing. If I'm not going to compete on that level, I'm just going to do it as a hobby.

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

I was kind of just too lazy to take my money out of the bank until I saw how Citi Bank responded to Occupy Wall Street.

So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're talking about Common and Mos Def or Nas and 50 cent.