During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone..

Crack offered a lot of money to the inner-city youth who didn't go to college. Which enabled them to become businessmen. I know about maybe five peop….

Kurt Cobain represents a very legit, realistic outlook. Before that, in my head, to be a white artist was to be privileged..

To be hip-hop is much more than just rapping in the production. It is more in the attitude..

I grew up in somewhat of a war zone in West Philadelphia in 1985, '86. It wasn't as extreme as someone coming in the classroom and just unloading on ….

I prefer to unwind by DJing. I learned that from Mike D from the Beastie Boys. After a show, he would DJ. Once I saw that, I wanted to do that. And n….

I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic..

Every time a new record started, people exhaled with pleasure, or their bodies moved automatically. I really started getting high off of the euphoric….

The Chronic represented everything that I hated about hip-hop as a fan, but then later represented everything that I stood for as a musician and engi….

In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people..

I really appreciate when people use their fame and their voice for more than just self-promotion, starting a dialogue about a topic or an issue much ….

Resistance here doesn't mean revolution. It doesn't mean storming the barricades. Resistance means using art for the things that it does best, which ….

Half the time, my job is basically to talk people off the ledge. It's more psychological than just me picking up some sticks and counting, "1, 2, 3, ….

I never want to get to that level of poverty where taking a bath has to be a hot-pot experience..

Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people..

I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes..

Just because the laws were changed doesn't mean that the attitudes have changed..

Part of me would just like to relax and have one job that pays me the amount I need to survive. And another part of me wants the creativity that come….

I've come to the conclusion that the average person can do about four things a day, like four real things a day..

My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13..

I've always been a lover of hoodies. I'm a guy that travels a lot. I'm a guy that spends a lot of time on a cold air-conditioned tour bus. I'm a guy ….