Only A Genius Can Play

Call It Stubborn, Call It Ignorant, Call It What You Want, But I Don't Think I Have To Join A Particular Faith Or Culture Or Creed Or Religion Just To Fit In.

Socially, Hip-hop Has Done More For Racial Camaraderie In This Country Than Any One Thing. 'cause Guys Like Me, My Kids - Everyone Under 45 Either Grew Up Loving Hip-hop Or Hating Hip-hop, But Everyone Under 45 Grew Up Very Aware Of Hip-hop. So When You're A White Kid And You're Listening To This Music And You're Being Exposed To It Every Day On Mtv, Black People Become Less Frightening. This Is Just A Reality. What Hip-hop Has Done Bringing People Together Is Enormous.

I'm A New York Person. I've Never Gone Out Of The Way To Speak To The Press To Change My Persona - I Probably Should Have. It's Too Late Now. But When I First Started I Was Like, "i'm Gonna Stay This Way. I'm Gonna Be This Way," And I Continued To. I Probably Should Have Sugarcoated It Like, "this Is Not Really The Way I Am - I'm An Actor."

But It All Came, And For Me, Hip-hop Has Done More For Racial Divide And Racial Sort Of Bringing Together Than Anything In The Last 30 Years. Seeing People Like Eminem Sounding Like Somebody Like Jay-z And Just The Racial Aspects Of It All.

My Freestyling Ability Is Nonexistent. I Can't Even Write A Verse If I Tried To Sit Anywhere And Write One. Being A Good Rapper Is Hard To Do. I'm A Good Rapaport, But That's About It.