New York is the financial capital of the world. Everything moves so fast, and the music is fast, and some of it is for money.

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Real artists offer authenticity, not just money.

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I think it's interesting that a lot of times people want celebrities to give back in the way that they want them to give back. They want them to give…

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Our visual and musical artists have no incentive to be educated. So what we get is a bunch of uneducated artists inspiring misinformation, miseducati…

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There's an economy of violence. It's sexy. It's being exploited.

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I don't think that we should look to celebrities to solve problems that are on our end of the street.

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I know rappers who are grandparents and we still haven't conquered politics, social development, philanthropy and these are areas, as we become our p…

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True power is the power to empower others.

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There's a duty and an obligation to community that we must teach our children to honor no matter how far they go. Life is like baseball: You only sco…

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