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

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.

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

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

I decided to do what I do when I was 2 years old. At 2 years old, you know, I heard the sound of a drum playing in the village, and I found my own drum and just picked it up and started playing, the worst song ever written by Wyclef Jean.But it actually started a vibe.

I was looking for Quincy Jones, that's who I was obsessed with. Watching Mike [Jackson], I always knew that I had to be a showman on stage, because when people come to you live you always want them to come back. You gotta give them something to remember.

If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything.