I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.

I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.

The founder of Crunk Feminists is a Christian. If you claim to be a Christian, but then you attack somebody for saying you should approach a problem with love, you're not being a true Christian.

It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big pop hits, actually some of the biggest pop hits that hip-hop has ever seen, people are missing that part of their story. People are not counting that blessing.

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

Let me finish my music, and let me present it the way I want to present it. And then share it, put it online, do whatever you want to do after that.

Woman are complex creatures.