As a musician-turned-actor, you ordinarily face one of two scenarios. Either all the pressure of success or failure is on your shoulders, so if the picture does poorly, you might never get another movie role, or you have a situation where you already have an anchor, which allows you to work your way up the ranks.

Love is hard to find, but love is one of a kind.

As blacks, all we got is sports and entertainment. That's the only way out the hood sometimes.

I love Calvin Klein underwear. That's the only kind of underwear I wear.

It wouldn't be me if I didn't get a little nasty.

I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so I'd probably be a songwriter.

The people who support me and my dreams make me feel like I'm on top of the world.