Now people won't beat you up if you are gay; they might just talk behind your back.
But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.
The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop. I do think there is more than enough of a balance, though, for fans who are willing to search it out.
Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though they're supposed to be leaders in the world, they're followers. They follow what they think someone else is doing, instead of trying to blaze a trail.