The thing is, allies is people who are friends, people you can rely on in the struggle. You're not always going to agree with your allies. For instance, Stevie Wonder I feel like is my ally when it comes to this Florida situation, but I don't agree with his strategy. That doesn't mean he isn't an ally.

And you know, art as commerce, doesn't really make too much sense, they don't go together.

I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.

A true artist does not depend on radio for success. A true fan does not let radio determine what they support

We get high on all types of drugs when, all you really need is Love

What else is stop and frisk? These neighborhoods are unsafe not because there's not enough cops illegally frisking people. They're not safe because of economic conditions. They're not safe because of all types of things in the government that people like Mike Bloomberg and Ray Kelly should be looking to fix instead of randomly searching kids in the hood. If you go to a college campus and you do stop and frisk, you're going to find a lot of drugs there, too.

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