There Are More Black Men Incarcerated Today

J. Ivy Is A Brilliant Man With An Incredible Voice And A Way With Words. I've Known Him For Over A Decade And Owe My Stage Name To Him Believing In Me Back Then Before I Even Had A Record Deal. I'm Excited For Him To Share His Truth With The World.

Well, I Like Songs That Have Like A Little Bit Of Quirkiness To Them.

Anybody Under The Age Of Forty Knows Hip-hop, Gospel And R&b Pretty Well, And It's All A Part Of What We Consider To Be 'black Music.' There Is A Natural Synergy Between The Three.

I Don't Really Marinate In Anybody's Album Because I Don't Really Want To Sound Like Anybody Else When I Put My Album Out. So I'd Rather Not Even Be Tempted To Listen To A Bunch Of Other Stuff With Any Degree Of Emersion In It, Cause I Just Don't Want To Sound Like Anything Else, So I Kinda Focus On My Own Music.

Women Are Dealing With The Same Thing: They're Dealing With Expectations About How They're Supposed To Look And How They're Supposed To Interact With Men. I Think We're All Trying To Figure It All Out, Especially When We're Teenagers, But I Think The Key Is To Listen And Empathize With One Another.