People often associate raves with drugs, but for me raves are more associated with self-expression.

Michael Jackson was my musical God. He made me believe that all things are possible, and through real and positive music. He can live forever! I love Michael Jackson. God Bless him.

A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.

Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.

No matter how far you go, if you can't go back to the essence, you're not sayin' nothin'. The essence for me is hip-hop. But the hip-hop community I came up in isn't a loyal community.

I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.

Me and my father went through a war period where we wasn't talking. He wanted me to go to theology school - I didn't want to go. I wanted to do music. I told him I was a minister through music.