As a kid, my main interest was dancing. When I was 8 years old, I was in a hip-hop troupe.

We have a real thing in hip-hop about out with the old, in with the new. I'm shocked about how little awareness of history there is, especially since so many people are making so much money in the rap industry. There's much more awareness of hip-hop history in other countries.

Their main goal is to close it down, and I know that because they don't want a black hip hop bar in Lawrence. It's a racial issue.

I'm definitely inspired by old hip-hop.

No one can identify the uninformed until they voice their ignorance about a topic. Silence is a fool’s best friend. Sadly, he is often too foolish to realize it.

For so-called conscious rappers, it is an opportunity to rap about ways to educate others about African American history, politics and even relationships: all of which would be missed if society merely focused on the “hook” and ignored the influence.