I Believed In Myself And I Am

I Used Read About Dr. King A Lot As A Kid. Independently, From Being Assigned It Or Being Told By My Parents Or Anything, I Was Just Really Excited About Him. So I Just Started Reading About Him Very Young And Was Inspired By His Legacy And Looked To Him As A Role Model.

Hip-hop And R&b Are Especially Fertile Bases Of Collaboration. It Always Makes Good Records And Good Music.

It's An Artist's Duty To Reflect The Times In Which We Live.

I Respect People Who Are Willing To Deal With Everything That Comes With Being A Politician, But I'm Not Willing To Deal With Half The Country Rooting For You To Fail. I'm A Singer; I Deal With Enough. But At Least Half The Country's Not Trying To Destroy Me.

My First Big Break Came With Lauryn Hill On A Track Called Everything Is Everything, I Played Piano On That Track Way Back In 1998.