I put everyone in my school on to Nicki Minaj before she blew up. I was obsessed with her and I was like, 'If she's the best female rapper then I've got to be better than her.

True artistic expression lies in conveying emotion.

You are so much more than you are in this moment; you never know how great you can be. Don't give up on you, I didn't give up on me.

Guys pit female rappers against each other because female rappers - if you haven't noticed of late - are a lot more interesting than guys.

I can choose to be happy, or choose to be miserable every day - waiting until I die.

I don't know, I feel like as time has gone on, hip-hop has become really redundant and repetitive.

I was going to go to school to become a neurological surgeon.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

I think of religion as something that stains the person. It's a mindset you can never get free from, it's always in the back of your head.

Love is boundary-less.

There's a huge difference between who I am when I make music and who I am the rest of the time.

Each daily task, is but the future in a mask.

Are not dreams as much a part of living as waking life is?

You will have the last word.' 'Your name will be that word.

The things I don't are the things I have yet to learn.

I would never say that being Bob Marley's son has been a pressure. It has been a door opener.

Sudan, I've come to discover, is a country which, once it gets hold of you, does not let go.

A poor surgeon hurts one person at a time. A poor teacher hurts 130.

Perseverance is my motto.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Yes Rosalie, we all know how proficient of an assassin you are.