Hip-hop Is A Vehicle.

Artists Look At The Environment, And The Best Artists Correctly Diagnose The Problem. I'm Not Saying Artists Can't Be Leaders, But That's Not The Job Of Art, To Lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - There Are Artists All Through History Who Have Become Leaders, But That Was Already In Them, Nothing To Do With Their Art.

A Flower That Grow In The Ghetto Know More About Survival Than The One From Fresh Meadows.

I Look At The Deejay Thing As Something - I'm Good At It Because I Have My Own Music. I Have Enough Rhythm To Blend At This Point.

We're In An Illusion About What Our Role Is In World Politics And Foreign Affairs, And Our Policies Are Killing And Destroying And Doing A Lot Of Things That We Are Not Aware Of.

To Be Honest, That Whole Exchange With Crunk Feminist Actually Made Me Write The Song Because I Realize There's A Lot Of Young Women Out There So Hurt By The Misogynistic Images In Hip-hop They Paint It With Such A Broad Brush Stroke That They Think Anybody That Defends Hip-hop Is Defending Misogyny.