My dad was in the hood, he was a minister, and he would always put churches in the ghetto.

Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.

When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.

Mama, you know you raised me with no father figure. I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life.

My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it

I think it's cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of people think it's funny. But it's true; I used to try to get the accents.

Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts; I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks.