When You're Rapping, You Do Have To

I Never Pictured Myself As Just A Rapper; I Always Wanted To Act And Do Whatever Else I Could Do. I Always Felt Like I Could Do A Lot Of Different Things.

I Don't Have To Really Be In The 60s. Every Time I Hail A Cab In New York, And They Pass Me By And Pick Up The White Person, Then I Get A Dose Of It. Or When They Don't Want To Take You To Harlem. I Grew Up With That.

Most People Don't Have So Much Talent That They Can Become A Success All Their Own. We All Need People To Help Us And Lift Us Up.

My Mother And I Definitely Got To A Point Where We Had To Have A Real Conversation And Talk Woman To Woman, Or Daughter To Mother, Friend To Friend - Just Off The Record, Clear The Air And Communicate. I Didn't Want To Drive My Mama Crazy, But At The Same Time, I Had To Do, I Had To Learn, I Had To Grow And She Understood That. She Knows Me Better Than Anyone Else On The Planet So I Tried To Think About That.

When There's Something That Impacts A Family Member Or Friend, That Is Difficult For Them, You Want To Do What You Can To Help. Sometimes You Can't Do Anything And It Makes You Feel Like You're Helpless, So Those Emotions Cross A Big Barometer, But They're A Big, Broad Stroke When It Comes To Someone Who You Care About. If You Have Compassion In Your Heart, You Just Care.