Quote

I don't know why this concept of what is hip became so important to me.

I think you create your own hipness.

The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.

Between New York and LA, there's 200 million people that aren't hip, and they don't want to be hip.

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

Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.

There is not enough high intellect to be catered to and when most people think of Hiphop they think of low intellect.

Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you.

If I'm hip, we've got a problem in this country. I really shouldn't be held up as any model of hipness. If anything, I think I'm sort of old school in my approach to objective reporting and not wearing my opinion on my sleeve. There's a lot of that in American TV news these days. Too much, in fact.