The only thing I wanted to accomplish was to finally get recognized by the music industry. If you know the awards, answer me this question: Do you se….

I've been dancing my entire life. Jazz, hip hop, ballet. And then there's tap dancing. I love to tap..

If you don't got endz, you won't be gettin' no skinz, And if you don't got money, you won't scoop a honey. If you don't got cash, you won't be gett….

[Moses] is obsessed with hip-hop and wanted a gold chain like his uncle Jay-Z..

Got some, dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me?.

I ain't no joke, I used to let the mic smoke, Now I slam it when I'm done and make sure it's broke..

What isn’t on my iPod playlist? I have very eclectic tastes. Jazz. Classic Rock. Hip Hop. Ska. Soul. Electronica.World Music. Funk. Blues. Chamber Mu….

I used to roll up: this is a hold up, ain't nuthin funny. Stop smiling, be still, don't nuthin move but the money..

There'll be ups and downs, smiles and frowns..

I'm a Pisces but I'd rather be a killa whale..

I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever..

Ayo for yayo Walk around with yayo, all in my nasal I must have been craze yo.

Hip-hop can be a very closed-off community. Sometimes these barriers are demographic but it can be musical, too..

Hip-Hop itself, the culture, the way that it's going you could always see the effect that it has on basketball..

From Dickens's cockneys to Salinger's phonies, from Kerouac's beatniks to Cheech and Chong's freaks, and on to hip hop's homies, dialect has always b….

I wanna live like Arnold, Willis and Mr. Drummond... And keep my paper sturdy, big birds and tight herbs..

Be interested in everything. You don't have to adore it. I don't adore hip-hop, I don't think it's great music, but I'm interested, I listen. I watch….

You don't wanna hear the truth, so I'ma lie to you...make it sound fly to you..

And when we holdin' a Tec, we put a hole in your neck. Equippin' you with a permanent T-Pain vocal effect..

Picture yourself crushin' Xzibit with your tough talk? That's like Christopher Reeve doing the crip walk..

You see my tears, in the rain underneath it all, we're just the same..