Rap was my drug.

You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it's kind of a lifestyle and it's easy to get caught up in it - you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone's doing a certain thing... It's tough.

Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.

LL [Cool J] was actually like- like hearing him rap actually made me want to rap... Yeah, man. That was what did it for me. I think when the Beastie Boys came out, then I kinda felt like 'Oh, it's possible!'"

Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio, you're always going to find a hip-hop tape; that's all I buy, that's all I live, that's all I listen to, that's all I love.

I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don't know how long you can be taken seriously in rap.