I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.

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.

All that violence in the world, we need to stop that

What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.

What I picked up on Michael Jackson - because I study people when I watch them - the way that he counts his rhythm with his feet and his neck at the same time is crazy... so he's hearing multiple things at once. And I don't know anybody who does that.

I've been communicating with the Fugees, and it feels a lot better now than it did three or four years ago.

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.