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

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.

It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful

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.

Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.

My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies.

I'm 27 years old. I'm going to go into Hollywood really arrogant. I'll be breaking a lot of rules. It's going to be hot.