With the mega-fame came the mega-downfall - you know, with the press and everything - and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.

My breakdancing crew used to go to the mall and squat a piece of cardboard there; we had our jam box, and I'd spin on my head and make about forty bucks a day, which was pretty good back then. I was only 14 years old, so I would chase the girls around the mall and eat some pizza and have some change left over.

More than half of all the hip hop record sales are white people, and I think that might be a result of my record helping people to accept hip hop.

I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you know?

I bring people on stage with me. It's a good time, and people love to join in on the party. Show me a smile, and I'll show you one back.

My main thing is music; it's what I do.

I just kind of shoot the finger to the critics. I don't give sh - what a critic says. To me a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions.