You get quick money, it's beautiful, there's sunshine, but at the end of the day, you find out it's all a masquerade, baby. It's not what it seems.

There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.

The reason why we're warriors is that we rise to the occasion; anyone that's felt like the system put them down, and then they rose to the occasion, they're a warrior. It's not about whether you come from the hood or you come from the suburbs, you know what I mean? It's about reality and life.

I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.

I feel that life is short, so we should be disciplined, but at the same time we should have a good time.

My accomplishment has helped millions of kids see that they can come from a poor family and go somewhere, make something out of themselves. Ive been doing it for seven years professionally.

I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.