I've always been a MC that wrote socially and politically aware songs, although I listen to all types of hip-hop. This time around I got tracks that make me say "Tupac Shakur would be proud."

Having experienced everything one time already made it easier the second time around.

Powerful positions are male-dominated, so it is unsurprising that everything else follows suit.

It came to my house.It sat on my shoulders.Your shadow is yours. I told it so. I said it was yours.I have carried it with me too long. I give it back.

If origin defines race, then we are all Africans – we are all black.

I've always wanted to act since I was little.

I quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years.

influence which is given on the side of money is usually against truth.

Trust is a careless pursuit at best. At worst, it's a good way to get yourself killed.

I'll do whatever I can do to remain employed. I'm just not precious about doing comedy or doing drama. I never want to do something in order to prove to other people what I can do.

Off the packed trail we experience the miracle of corn snow, skiing atop the crust, like skiing on an eggshell that has been sprinkled with sugar.

We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.

Reality is an illusion that occurs due to the lack of alcohol.