“I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.'”

“I am not a fan of books.”

“..my music isn't just music- its medicine.”

“Jay-Z and Kanye West are to authentic rap culture what diseased rates were to 14th century Europeans”

“Black people can be the most conservative, the most discriminating. Especially among ourselves. It wasn't white people who said all black men have to wear baggy jeans.”

“The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?' And, 'How does creativity apply across the board?'”

“I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.'”

“You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.”

“I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.”

“Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.”

“I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.”