God gave us music, so we play with our words.

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

People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos Def have made better albums since Black Star.

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

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

Homosexuality in hip-hop is an extension of homosexuality in the black community. The black community is very, very conservative when it comes to homosexuality, and I don't mean conservative in the good way, like we're saving money. I mean very intolerant.

But Rawkus is integral to what I do, because the cats who started Rawkus are the first ones who really saw my vision, and gave me a platform to get it out there, so I'm definitely totally grateful for that.