I've been pulled out of my nice new car and laid out in the street by the police, interrogated and then have them get in the car and roll off leaving….

I have no hatred for cops. I have hatred for racists and brutal people, but not necessarily the cops. The cops are just doing what they're told to do..

That's one of the first things that comes out of young people's mouths when they're in love. FOREVER. And that's cool, it's all good-until you get ol….

...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire..

AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you think won't happen to you. It can happen to you and it's deadly serious..

I just don't believe that there's any way that you're ever gonna get one peace, because everybody has different ways of seeing life..

Well, I am very happy that I was able to play a part in bringing music from the streets onto the radio and into modern culture, I worked very hard an….

I write rhymes with addition and algebra, mental geometry..

I've always been a person that, if I'm with a woman, she's in the picture. Even my son's mom, she was on my early (album) covers..

I have to take what I say and make it heavy, so every single bar means something. And there's no riddles in my rhymes. Every single word means someth….

I've always been a person that, if I'm with a woman, she's in the picture..

I don't watch daytime television, I have a job, I work and, you know, I think daytime television is really for women..

There was a time when people would go search out underground records. Now, underground means free, and people don't really care for it. So now artist….

I think that a rap aficionado, the hardcore rap fan, will always go away from pop, in the same way a hardcore jazz fan will never think Kenny G is re….

That's basically the gangster code. Just be yourself. Just be you, dog. The easiest way to get your card plucked around a gangster is to be a fake. I….

I've been in crime for a long time and I know that the actual move isn't the actual crime: the crime continues [afterwards]..

Truthfully, a weak rapper can hide behind a lot of production..

Everything we do helps the new artists in the long run..

I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal..

You can't just sing the song and live another life..

Another thing about me dealing with the old school rappers, you see a lot of humility. When you're new, nothing is wrong. Everything is tight. Becaus….