Life Is A Gift, Love Opens It

For Me, Being With Obama Or Having Dinner With Bill Clinton... It's Crazy. It's Mind-blowing, Because Where I Come From Is Just Another World. We Were Just Ignored By Politicians, By America In General.

Hip-hop Is More About Attaining Wealth. People Respect Success. They Respect Big. They Don't Even Have To Like Your Music. If You're Big Enough, People Are Drawn To You.

I Couldn't Even Think About Wanting To Be Something Else; I Wouldn't Let Myself Visualize Another Life. But I Wrote Because I Couldn't Stop. It Was A Release, A Mental Exercise, A Way Of Keeping Sane.

That's Why This Generation Is The Least Racist Generation Ever. You See It All The Time. Go To Any Club. People Are Intermingling, Hanging Out, Having Fun, Enjoying The Same Music. Hip-hop Is Not Just In The Bronx Anymore. It's Worldwide. Everywhere You Go, People Are Listening To Hip-hop And Partying Together. Hip-hop Has Done That.

Which Is The Other Reason Hip-hop Is Controversial: People Don't Bother Trying To Get It. The Problem Isn't In The Rap Or The Rapper Or The Culture. The Problem Is That So Many People Don't Even Know How To Listen To The Music.