Life without knowledge is death in disguise.

I try to count the blessings rather than the problems.

I look at the deejay thing as something - I'm good at it because I have my own music. I have enough rhythm to blend at this point.

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.

As far as my New York influence, one thing I'm proud of in my career is, I rep Brooklyn, New York all day. But people don't look at my music as New York music. People consider my music underground music.

By the time you get into other kinds of music - R&B, country, or whatever - it becomes something that's romantic. It becomes something unattainable. Never-ending undying love. And in hip hop, we're still taking direct inspiration.

Hopefully, we learn to appreciate hip-hop here so that it doesn't go the way of jazz.