Hip-hop Is So Much About Character And

I Don't Bask In The Awards I've Won, Read My Bank Statements, I Refuse. To Me, That's How You Start Losing The Hunger.

Hip-hop Is Such A Disposable Art Form From A Business Standpoint. It Never Treats Its Artists As Art; It Never Treats Its Product As Art.

I'm A 24-hour Tweet Machine, I'm A 24-hour Blogger. When There's No Pressure On Me, I Can Talk And Write And Lecture With The Best Of Them. But Put A Deadline On Me And I Start Getting Writer's Block.

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.

In The 2000s, I Became An Artist. I Started Preserving And Educating. I Became More Obsessed With Making Ipod Playlists For People.