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Hip Hop has become real constrained. The creative juices and creative flows have been diminished.

Well, hip-hop is what makes the world go around.

Hip-hop is all over the planet.

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

I'm a folk artist at heart.

Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing.

Hip-hop is one of the most free art forms there is. There's so many sounds you can use, so many things you can bring in. You never know, man. I bet years ago people would've never said they would hear me with Rick Ross, and we did four classic songs together.

We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the current state of music until I fell in love with hip-hop. It felt good to suddenly embrace where music was headed, and I think hip-hop is the best at that, because it feels so progressive and everybody wants to be the best.