Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all.

But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.

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

No one likes to be treated like people in minority communities. What it's saying is that because you're poor, because you live in a neighborhood that deals with oppressed conditions, you deserve to be treated like a criminal. In our Constitution it says you have the right to live without illegal search and seizure.

I think music sharing of any kind is great.

There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.

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