I've Never Wanted To Be Put Into

Those Curveballs Are Always Coming-eventually, You Learn To Hit Some Of Them.

To Me, Doing A Gay Pride Show Is One Of The Most Fun Things. My First Show That Paid More Than $10,000 Was In A Gay Club On New Year’s Eve In San Francisco.

I Designed My Whole Image. That Was All Me. I Just Bought Some Regular Clothes, Threw A Medallion Around My Neck, And That Was It. The Next Thing I Know, That's The Look.

There Was Always Music In Our Home. My Mom And My Dad Loved Music. I Remember When We Were Kids We Would Have These Great Parties At The House With Congas And Bongos And African Drums, And It Was Amazing. It Wasn't Until Years Later That I Found Out That They Were Actually Black Panther Meetings.

Award Shows, Like The Grammys, Were Tough On Us Early In Hip-hop, Not Even Televising Our Categories Or Splitting Them Up On Best Male Or Female Or Any Of That. We Had To Earn Them.