She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she's going out with a command that is hers. She is used to making those, decisions herself.

I think that my sensibilities are becoming slightly less delicate and I'm venturing out in a storytelling world.

It's better to be prepared than to get ready.

I want to represent possibilities. I want to represent magic, right, that you're in a universe, and two plus two equals four.

I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role that black men should play in their lives with their children and in their lives with their women.

If anybody can find someone to love them and to help them through this difficult thing that we call life, I support that in any shape or form.

A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.