I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met my dad.

Now that Obama's president, it changes inner-city youths. They can now not just dream to be Lil Waynes and 50 Cents, but they can now dream to be Obamas.

Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex and the damage it could do to society.

I love the Asian countries.

My attention span is very short.

I like all the families in the U.K. But what I like about the idea of the royal family is... they seem like they're well educated and there's something admirable about them. And the Queen... she reminds me of my grandma.

I was in the projects dreaming about doing music and now I've done music. When I had nothing to when I had something I still have this driving force that's fueling me every day and that's making ideas reality.