Hip-hop Is A Vehicle.

I See That Happening With Hip Hop Purists Now. Where You Have An Artist Like A Kendrick [lamar] Or A Drake, Who Are Really Trying Different Things Emotionally, Different Things Musically, And On A Mainstream Level. And You Have Underground Hip Hop Fans Dissing It, For The Simple Fact That It's Mainstream - Not Because What They're Doing Is Whack, Or What They're Doing Is Not Sincere.

I Just Got A New Manager. He's Like, "so What Do You Want To Do With The Deejay Thing?" I'm Like, "the Deejay Thing For Me Is More My Hobby." It's Great When You Can Supplement Your Income, When You Have A Weekly Or Something, It's Fun. It's Really A Hobby, Because I Don't Want It To Take Away From What I Do, Which Is Emceeing.

I Like The Fact That I Can Rep New York, But My Style Does Not - I'm Not Trapped In A New York Thing. I Can Do Art Songs With Other Artists And It's Seamless.

So I Think Hip-hop Is Moving And Is Going To Continue To Move In The Direction Of Rappers Just Being Honest With Themselves, Whether You're Talking About Common And Mos Def Or Nas And 50 Cent.

It’s Very Seductive To Focus On What You Don’t Like As Opposed To Celebrating All That It Is That You Do.