Ever since I was a little kid, there used to be the Carnival that used to pass.

At the end of the day, just know that God made you, so you can be your own individual, and don't let people give you that peer pressure.

I always want to know what's wrong with you, why you ain't smiling. That's just my character; I just love people and want to see people having a good time.

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

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 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 do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.