Every Time A New Record Started, People

I Don't Have Friends, And It's Hard For Me To Make New Friends. Right Now, The People That Are In My Life Are The People That I Work With.

I Think All Of This—the Roots And Djing Included—was Meant To Prepare Me For The Tonight Show.

It Was Absolutely Killing Me That I've Spent The First 25 Years Of My Life Tryin' To Avoid Bullets. That Was Always The Main Concern. Don't Go Out Late. Don't Go To Any Shady Neighborhoods. Don't Hang In Bars Alone. Why? Because You Wanna Avoid Bullets. So Once I Get To 35 Then I Was Like "woo, Okay. Made It." And Now There's A New Warning. Now It's Like Strokes; I Gotta Watch My Health.

My Theory Is That Nine Times Out Of Ten, If There's A Depression, More A Social Depression Than Anything, It Brings Out The Best Art In Black People. The Best Example Is, Reagan And Bush Gave Us The Best Years Of Hiphop.

In Terms Of Being A 'sneakerhead,' There Was One Point Where I Was Obsessively Following Every Sneaker Blog. That's The Beauty Of Twitter: To Get The Heads Up On What's Coming Out.