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I am one of those people that's never been really cynical about life, you know.

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Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.

The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the effect that it can have; nobody is prepared for that.

You have to let the world speak to you and then you speak, you know, so I'm in that moment now where I'm finding the world's voice.

I'm writing from a place of – a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.

It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know.

I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even artists, want personal recognition. We want to be recognized for something, for what we did. I'd rather my song be recognized for what it's doing and that's important. It's not so important how many people know me.

I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

You want to reach people, but you also want to reach them in the most authentic way. You now have a mass market and an audience that's listening, but they're in love with a song that means absolutely nothing to you.

I don't feel political most of the time. Sometimes I'm placed in positions because no one else will go there.

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