I love the way I make hip-hop and I refuse to make pop-rap. I don't refuse to make mainstream music, which is why I did a soul record. There was no r….

I was a soul singer first and I'd write love songs. I find with soul music it's really hard to write about anything else. But I was 15 at the time wh….

Anyone who puts 110% into their work deserves as much success as they can get..

Some cynical people may see that the only reason I'm doing something more mainstream is part of a strategy to become more successful but I just see i….

I didn't make a film because I wanted a starring role. I made a film because I wanted to tell a story and I wanted to prove that I could direct..

I found very early on when I became a hip-hop artist that I loved telling stories. Actually, when I was trying to get a message across it was more po….

The problem with working with a record label is they maybe a song I want to make a video for that they will refuse to make a video for because they d….