During The 2008 Election, I Made Clear

I Feel Like The Downfall Of Any Person Is The Second An Artist Starts Celebrating Their Work Themselves, That Becomes Problematic. And You Know, I Don't Sit There, I Don't Bask In The Awards I've Won, You Know, Read My Bank Statements, I Refuse. To Me, That's How You Start Losing The Hunger. So For Me Personally, I Just Don't Celebrate It. I'm Happy, Right Now.

Crack Offered A Lot Of Money To The Inner-city Youth Who Didn't Go To College. Which Enabled Them To Become Businessmen. I Know About Maybe Five People In The Entertainment Industry Who Did Their Peak Work As A Result Of Crack Usage.

Part Of Me Would Just Like To Relax And Have One Job That Pays Me The Amount I Need To Survive. And Another Part Of Me Wants The Creativity That Comes Out Of Struggle And Frustration And Fear. It's A Never-ending Cycle, Which Must Be How I Want It, On Some Level.

Reagan's Neglect Of The Inner City Is Responsible For Hiphop. Hiphop Is Created Thanks To The Conditions That Crack Set: Easy Money But A Lot Of Work, The Violence Involved, The Stories It Produced. Crack Helped Birth Hiphop.

My Life's Goal Is To Find A Happy Medium For Sampling To Be Not Only Legal But For The Right Parties To Benefit From It. There Have To Be Sampling Laws. The Survival Of Hiphop Is Based On That.