I Think All Of This—the Roots And

I Grew Up In Somewhat Of A War Zone In West Philadelphia In 1985, '86. It Wasn't As Extreme As Someone Coming In The Classroom And Just Unloading On A Class, But I Knew To Take The Scenic Route To Go To The Grocery Store To Avoid Certain Elements.

I've Always Been A Lover Of Hoodies. I'm A Guy That Travels A Lot. I'm A Guy That Spends A Lot Of Time On A Cold Air-conditioned Tour Bus. I'm A Guy That Likes To Watch Movies In Peace. I'm A Guy That Likes To Travel In The Airport In Peace.

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.

Every Time A New Record Started, People Exhaled With Pleasure, Or Their Bodies Moved Automatically. I Really Started Getting High Off Of The Euphoric Exclamations. Every Record I Put On Was Like A Baptism.

I Was One Of Those Skeptics That Thought That Yoga Was For Kooks. Now I'm On A Very Strict Regimen. You Know, I Work Out. That's Another Thing I've Learned Relaxin', Sleep, Yoga. I Didn't Know That That's As Crucial As Going Hard, As Workin' Hard, As Exercising Hard. I Never Knew. I Thought That, "okay, I Gotta Be At The Gym Like Five Hours Everyday Going Balls To The Wall." And What My Yoga Instructor, What My Trainer, What They're Trying To Teach Me Is That, "no, It's Sleep." That's Important. That's Just As Important As Workin' Out.