I definitely shut down sometimes. I always just go into my own little cocoon and write, and I surround myself with as much music as possible.

I get offered a lot of black roles, because apparently I dont look Latino enough.

I'm just basically trying to make music that feels good. Right now in the music industry there's a real lack of intimacy. You don't really connect with the artist as much anymore, and you don't really understand where they are. I'm basically doing music that illustrates who I am and where I am in my life.

What makes 'The Wire' a beautiful story is how true to life it is. In other shows, you have a good guy and a bad guy. In 'The Wire,' bad guys are trying to be good, good guys are doing bad. You have real life. The people who do bad get bad things done to them.

Well, I write a lot of poetry - that's where it usually all starts. I definitely want to show you guys sides of me - love, loss, heartbreak - all of that good stuff!

Finding out the truth is only half of it. It's what you do with it that matters.

I definitely shut down sometimes. I always just go into my own little cocoon and write, and I surround myself with as much music as possible.