My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call 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.

The business of hip hop is probably the most tangible example of the genre’s dramatic maturation.

Love yourself and your expression, you can't go wrong.

Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.