I'm Not A Gay Rights Activist.

I'm From New York And I Love New York And I'm Always Repping New York, But What I Represent Is Something Deeper Than Just Being A New York Rapper.

I Really Want To Do The Unexpected, And I Think That's What I Did When I Executed 'long.live.a$ap.' I Wanted People To Really See The Message And That I'm An Artist Who Not Only Has The Capability Of Rapping, But Of Composing Great Music Both For People Of My Generation And For People With Different Backgrounds.

My Real Name's Rakim - My Parents Named Me After The God Mc Himself.

When I Started, I Was 23 Years Old Directing My Own Music Videos; I'm Co-producing On My Album; I'm Hands-on With Everything. I'm More Than Just A Pretty Boy: I'm An Artist. I'm Not Saying I'm A Hip-hop Music Artist, I'm An Artiste.

I Want To Inspire People To Really Open Up Their Minds And Not Be One-sided Or Biased Or Hypocritical.