I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper..

I was a hip-hop head. When I really found my own lane in music, it was hip-hop. I wanted to make hip-hop music. And I did, I made a lot of hip-hop mu….

Hip-hop and electronic music are so similar, in the fact that they're both very visceral, have so much bass; a lot of times, it's the same tempos. Th….

I can think of no one more relevant and credible in the hip-hop community to build upon Def Jam's fantastic legacy and move the company into its next….

Far from a Harvard student, just had the balls to do it.

I got this black chick, she don't know how to act Always talkin' out her neck, makin' her fingers snap She like, "Listen Jigga Man, I don't care if….

Take the first chance that you get, because you may never get another one..

Ya see I'm Irish, but I'm not a leprechaun. You wanna fight, then step up and we'll get it on!.

Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness..

If you ain't using all the talents God provided you with For the betterment of Man, understand, You ain't nothing but a waste..

We can't change the world until we change ourselves..

You would be surprised how many people that are very passionate about classical music are deeply involved in Hip Hop. You would think Jazz would be t….

The God's tropical...ladies call me 'Black Fruit Punch.'.

Lil Wayne is talented. He seems to be the dominant figure in this particular era of hip-hop. So you know, he's doing his thing..

Screamin' 'Carpe Diem!' until I'm a Dead Poet..

With everything that is going on with hip-hop and with what everybody is doing I don't want to be in that lane. I think my lane is very different..

I think hip-hop needs a little bit of diversity..

Question: Why is that MC's be wack And major labels wanna sign that crap? A-yo...funk that!.

Take dem shoes off your teeth and stop running your mouth..

Others tell like it is, while I tell it how I would like it to be..

Swallow my words. Taste my thoughts. And if it's too nasty, spit it back at me!..