“My mother is white. And I am black. This is how I choose to define myself and this is how America chooses to define me. I have no regrets about my racial classification other than to lament, off and on, that classifications exist period.”

“Rap is about using fighting words, in­stead of fighting. Instead of saying ‘Let’s fight,’ people say, ‘Let’s battle.’ I bet you rap has saved a lot of lives.”