I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business.

If you set up an environment where failing is encouraged then you want to try everything. It's obviously the best way to work.

You tend to get reluctant to talk about anything until the day before filming.

Though I know consciousness kind of boxes you in, it still encompasses the artists that I knew were conscious throughout history of music - they're the ones that you look at as the legends.

I've not been able to avoid periods of time where I felt super-lonely. Luckily, I have a side that is able to always see the glass as half-full.

I was one of the richest rappers in 2008. But it was definitely a strange feeling.

Black, white, yellow, brown - we wanted somebody who would do right by us. And I think because Obama was that person, whether he was black or white, he was chosen