My Thing Is, I Know Kids Cuss,

There's A Lot Of Talent In South Central L.a., In Compton And Long Beach And Watts, And The City North Of Pico Pretty Much Sits Back And Waits For That Talent To Emerge And Then Steps In.

You Ask Me, "did I Like Arsenio?" About As Much As The Bicentennial.

With Film, I Have To Be A Team Player; It's A Whole Different Thing. I Can't Just Be A One-man Show. I Have To Learn How To Use People To The Best Of Their Ability And Motivate Them To Be As Passionate About The Project As I Am.

Well, For The Transition From Rapper To Actor, I Was Fortunate That Director John Singleton Pursued Me For About Two Years To Be In Boyz 'n The Hood. I Really Wasn't Even Thinking About Acting At The Time, Since I Was Singularly Focused On Being The Best Rapper In The World. So, That Was Really A Blessing, Because I Wasn't Really Taking Him Seriously.

I Always Was Like, "yo, I'm Here, I Might As Well Get What I Could Take."