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We As Black People Have To Tell Our Own Stories. We Have To Document Our History. When We Allow Someone Else To Document Our History The History Becomes Twisted And We Get Written Out. We Get Our Noses Blown Off.

I Imagine That When I Am Creating A Song Or A Project Or An Album Or Putting Some Clothing Together Or Cooking A Meal, Whatever It Is, I Don't Really Have A Recipe. The Fun Part Is To Throw That Big Piece Of Clay In The Middle Of The Table As Hard As I Can, And Whatever Shape It Takes, That's What Shape It Takes, And Then I Start To Carve Away.

I Got A Call From A Mutual Friend Of Ours, Charles King, Who's Also The Executive Producer. [steven Caple Jr And I] Had A Conversation About It. I Read It. We Kind Of Finished Each Other's Sentences When It Came To The Nuances And Personality Flaws That The Character Had, And Some Stereotypes And Things We Were Trying To Stay Away From. We Agreed On That As Well. He Just Kind Of Allowed Me To Run Rampant With The Ideas. As We Paced Ourselves Through, We Developed Turquoise.

I Think What Makes People Think That Is Because Of Things People Write. It Really Doesn't Have Anything To Do With The Artist.

I Remember When I Signed With Kedar Entertainment Through Universal Records. It Was My First Record Deal And It's The One I Still Have Now. At That Time, There Had Been A Couple Of Opportunities I Was Almost Given, But At The Last Minute The Giver Came Back And Told Me It Couldn't Happen.