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One thing I always loved about hip-hop music was the raw, boom-bap element - it felt powerful and manly.

When I started thinking about it, I was like, 'OK, if throughout time I get labeled as a conscious artist, I'll be very much celebrated, in a way, and honored.'

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One thing I always loved about hip-hop music was the raw, boom-bap element - it felt powerful and manly.

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Playing basketball is definitely one of my favorite things to do.

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You have to be sincere in your feelings. And fear is one of those, sometimes; doubt is one of those; jealousy, anger - all your emotions are not going to be considered the strong emotions; all of them are not going to be love, happiness, joy.

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I come from playing sports. I compete, so I gotta be better than I was last year. I gotta get better, and that better gotta come from just growing. From learning new stuff to working on it, experience it in life, and failing.

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One thing I have throughout my career, it felt like I did my best to align myself with quality artists, quality work, and it is a situation of steel sharpening steel.

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Doing acting opened up other creative outlets; it made me feel freer as an artist.

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Oh man, I love what the South brings as far as the soul, and I really have noticed from even the early days of listening to OutKast and Goodie Mob that Atlanta and the South has a diverse sound to it. You have bounce music. You have soulful musicians. You have artists with vocals who try to do different things.

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People always want to feel better and be inspired. Sometimes we need it. I think the conscious rapper will always be able to live and exist.

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I came from the South Side of Chicago wanting to be a rap artist and make videos.

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People that I care about, that I consider being friends of mine, most of the things I discuss with them I wouldn't discuss in public because it's a real relationship. It's not a relationship for the public, you know?

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That's why I named my album 'Finding Forever,' because that's what I was thinking about: What did I want to contribute to this world that would live beyond my physical existence?

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This is a broad thought, but loving yourself and having the support so that you can love yourself is the most important thing that young people in Chicago can get.

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The impact of a conscious artist is necessary, and it ripples through the world.

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I was in the heart and soul of Baltimore. I definitely felt a connection to the people. They're really hard-working people that want to have a better life. And I saw the struggle that exists there.

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I want to be the voice of the people; black, white, everyday, oppressed people. A person trying to make it and to do it right.

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Me as an artist, I've ventured off into doing all types of music. I'll do a jazz album, you know what I mean.

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Man, if I get a chance to speak on the microphone, I've got to say something somewhere in there. You know, I'm going to laugh and have fun, too, but something has to be said that has some substance, because this is a platform, and the power that we have with words and with this microphone is phenomenal.

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I can only speak for myself - there were times when I just wasn't inspired by creating music.

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I feel like God gives you what you deserve. Whatever that time is, you get what you deserve.

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I think you really have to remember what you loved about making music in the first place. Ultimately, people can be like, 'We've seen this dude in many movies,' but if they hear a song and they're feeling it, they can look past all the personal things and not hold it against you that you're also an actor.

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Hip-hop is supposed to help you elevate, or go higher.

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Technically, my first acting job was in one of my videos for a song called 'Retrospect For Life,' which Lauryn Hill directed and featured an actress by the name of N'bushe Wright, who played my girlfriend who was about to be pregnant. I remember being so nervous about it, but now I feel like I can conquer the world with it.

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