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You've got to be true to who you are and what you do. I'm more of a hip-hop feel person. Music is how you feel. The younger the mind, that's how I wanna be.

I am hip-hop!

I'm forever learning and that's why I'm always able to create new styles and new dimensions of hip-hop.

I don't wanna be known as just a hip-hop artist. I wanna take it to a whole 'nother level.

I love hip-hop and soul, but I desperately want to challenge it and see what I can bring to it.

When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing.

At the end of the day, you want to be always the one that's one step ahead of everybody, and when it comes to hip-hop, culture and art, you want to be that signature guy.

Hip-hop was my first audience - I would rap in the mirror, walk down the street and listen to my Walkman.

Hip-hop definitely taught me a lot. Having to create your own identity and become known and respected in a male-dominated field - it requires some guts. There are times you have to be strong, and times when you have to stand alone for what you believe in.

Hip hop has been an integral part of my life and my whole career. I started off doing videos with Ice Cube and Dre and Mary J. Blige and TLC.