My thing about creating things is that it has to do two purposes: It has to serve me creatively but also has to serve the people.
When people agree with you, they'll just like it and keep it moving, but when people don't agree with you, that's when they come for your whole neck.
I come from an academic background, and I have a genuine interest in social change.
Drake ain't fake.
From the beginning with 'So Far Gone,' Drake's work has been to find a way to deftly balance his singing and his rapping.
Growing up, dating seemed pretty straightforward: If someone was interested in getting to know you on a romantic level, they approached, exchanged info, and proceeded to communicate with you in a consistent fashion between outings of various natures.
Even when I was in school, I was doing papers and writing poems; I always had an edge to my delivery. It was never conscious, but it was more so my organic way of thinking about things.
I've been grinding a really long time, and I've been broke for a lot of years. I may not have looked like it because, if you're fly, you don't need a dollar - you just need charisma. But I was riding hope as currency for a very long time. I feel like now, more than ever, I'm in my purpose, and comedy is the foundation of that.
For my web series 'Get Your Life,' I wrote that and produced it and starred in it so that I could have a body of work that represents my voice as a writer and as a performer.
I think, for a long time, I didn't have people who understood where I was coming from. They were giving me advice on what would be good for them.
I always say your truth is your compass to your purpose.
I'm an artist through and through.
I'm a nerd.
I love cars.
I think it's always been especially hard for black people to let go of musicians who do heinous things because music is such an integral part of our existence.
As a lover of both hip-hop and jazz, I feel like much of the latter community still doesn't truly embrace hip-hop as a musical extension.
Jazz does what it wants to, and so does The Wu.
I've played with jazz and toyed with it when I used to live near the St. Nicholas Pub in Harlem.
I am from Florida, so I didn't 'grow up' on Wu-Tang.
When my hair is picked out, my whole aura is picked out, like, 'See this, see me.'
