I Always Preach That You Have To

I Want To Make Music As Good As Radiohead, As Good As Coldplay. I Can Make Hip-hop As Good As Anybody.

There Are Still Songs That I'm Writing. I Like To Write. I Like To Take A Long Time To Do My Songs, Not Even The Actual Writing Process, But Conceptualizing, Getting Into The Songs. That's Why I Stopped Doing Mixtapes.

Da Pak Was A Group Out Of Chicago. It Was A Put-together Group. We Actually Met For The First Time At This Showcase. They Were Like 'yo, You Should Do A Song Together.' So We Did. It Just So Happened That The Name Of The Song Was 'wolf Pak.' They Said, 'y'all Should Be A Group Called Da Pak, And Here's A Record Deal.'

There's Already Been Black Presidents Who've Been Corrupt, So It Doesn't Strike Me That Having A Black Man In Office Means He's Going To Be The Messiah.

Before My Father Would Open Up A Karate School In A Particular Neighborhood, He'd Clean Up The Block - Kick All The Drug Dealers And Gang Bangers Off The Block. My Father Was Very Clear: 'i've Got Guns Too, And I'll Kill You Just As Much As A Rival Gang Would.' And He Meant It. He Was A Man Of Many Facets And Complexities.