I'll make a song with Rick Rubin, a song with Beyonce, a song with Lenny Kravitz. I just believe in making good music. I'm not trying to section myself off into just making hard-core rap music. Read Summary
The day Obama got into office, rap was less important because Obama gave kids an alternative. But will rap ever go away? No. There will always be a need for poets. Read Summary
Rhyme patterns are nothing without meanings to the words. A lot of rappers can do those flows, but the raps aren't really about anything - which is cool sometimes, but to have the flow and the message is one of my favorite things. Read Summary
No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do. Read Summary
I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things. Read Summary
I just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a rapper. I'm successful. I make money. That's all that matters.' But there's a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you're aware of it, it's happening. Read Summary
There's been people who've rapped and produced - like Kanye - but I don't feel like on the rapping side there's ever been a producer who can rap as good as I think I can rap. Read Summary
Rap was my drug. Read Summary
What inspires me about rap is that it's written in an almost poetic way. I just think it's so cool. Read Summary
The first rap CD that I had, it was so different for me. The energy, the wordplay, all that caught my attention, and I liked it. Read Summary