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A rap is a tweaked version of comedy, because comedy came first. People weren't spitting before they were doing comedy. Comedy has been relevant for years. It's the same art form, pretty much. Discovering that and applying it, I think that has made my stand-up better.

A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They just think of the rappers. When you talk about hip-hop, you're talking about the whole culture and movement. You have to take the whole culture for what it is.

With rap, it's a funny thing. You can say things, and people can take 'em the way they wanna take 'em.

I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and the grime and the roughness of the streets. They don't want the fluff.

I think the problem with people, as they start to mature, they say, 'Rap is a young man's game,' and they keep trying to make young songs. But you don't know the slang - it changes every day, and you're just visiting. So you're trying to be something you're not, and the audience doesn't buy into that.

I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres.

Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That's all it is.

Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture.

Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well.