I liked the Beastie Boys and A Tribe Called Quest and Cypress Hill.

A Tribe Called Quest music was so inclusive, so conscious, it brought such a community together.

I grew up two train stops from where A Tribe Called Quest grew up, and one stop from Nas.

There's a lot of intensity when you're on a set. And then it just goes away and no one's giving you attention or flooding you with compliments.

The British are so funny. It's like they can't believe I lived in Hackney. 'You could live in Bondi Beach. Why would you want to live in 'Ackney?' But Hackney's fantastic. I'm serious. There are so many artists there. I loved the markets, the parks, the pubs, the diversity. It was a cultural melting-pot.

I used to go to rave parties, too, but I was never savvy with techno.