I Met Mos Def Around That Time

If I Focus On Being An Activist And My Job Is To Be A Rapper, I'm Not Going To Be As Good Of A Rapper. I Need To Focus On Hip-hop And Focus On Making The Music, So That When The Activists Come To Me And They Need My Voice To Create A Platform, Then I've Got Enough People Listening To Me. Not Because I'm Conscious, But Because I'm Dope.

You Know, There's A Lot Of Activism That Doesn't Deal With Empowerment, And You Have To Empower Yourself In Order To Be Relevant To Any Type Of Struggle.

My Musical Influence Is Really From My Father. He Was A Dj In College. My Parents Met At New York University. So He Listened To, You Know, Motown, And He Listened To Bob Dylan. He Listened To Grateful Dead And Rolling Stones, But He Also Listened To Reggae Music. And He Collected Vinyl.

Love Is Blind, You Just See Bright Light

The Way I See It, If People Truly Love My Music, They Will Support Me In Some Way Down The Road.