We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of.

I don’t think that early hip hop stood out to be a social critique. A lot of fans of mine think that hip hop’s ultimate responsibility is to critique social structures.

I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand.

If you go to a college campus and you do stop and frisk, you're going to find a lot of drugs there too.

The way I see it, if people truly love my music, they will support me in some way down the road.

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.

But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected.