Hip-hop is very diverse, but if you only focus on one aspect of it, then what you get is this image of Black America that is completely contrary to what actually goes on.
Music is real. It affects people; it's real.
A strong spirit transcends rules.
Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.'
When I started playing music, people weren't selling 5 million records. That was not the standard; that was not the focus.
Just sharing music with each other - that's cool. It's the selling that becomes the problem.
