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People Didn't Really Take White Rappers Seriously Until Eminem, Because He Was Better Than Everybody. Like Female Emcees, You Need To Be Like Lauryn Hill Or Nicki Minaj Or Killing Everything Before Somebody Takes You Seriously.

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.

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.

I Ignored Your Aura But It Grabbed Me By The Hand, Like The Moon Pulled The Tide, And The Tide Pulled The Sand.

I Have Such Respect For The Art Of Deejaying. I Hesitate To Even Call Myself A Deejay.