I Promised My Mom That

I'm Probably Proudest Of Being Able To Lift A Lot Of Us Out Of The 'hood. That's The Biggest Thing, That I've Been Able To Employ A Lot Of People And Give Them Opportunities.

Hip-hop Definitely Taught Me A Lot. Having To Create Your Own Identity And Become Known And Respected In A Male-dominated Field - It Requires Some Guts. There Are Times You Have To Be Strong, And Times When You Have To Stand Alone For What You Believe In.

We All Have To Show Up And Do Our Job Regardless Of Our Life Circumstances Or Situations. We Don't Have To Do It With An Attitude Or Whatever But Maybe We Do That Day. Everyone Understands That Life Happens And We Have To Create A Whole Other Life Where Our Life Doesn't Even Exist. You Know, Our Real Life Doesn't Exist, These Characters Exist. And That Is Our Life. And That's Who We Are.

I'm As Involved As I Can Be. Whenever I'm Asked To Do Something, I Always Tend To Show Up.

I Promised My Mom That If, After A Year Of Putting 150 Percent Into My Career It Didn't Work Out, I Would Go Back To School. I Never Did Go Back.