Poor Is The New Black.

Different Periods, Different Cultures - It's Just The Way My Mind Works. My Music Is That Way As Well. There's A Foundation But The Inspiration Comes From Everywhere. I've Been Influenced By So Many Things.

I'm A Product Of Its [american] Teaching, Of Its Thinking, Of Its -isms, Of Its Religion, Of Its Education. I Am Conditioned, Raised And Developed By America; I Am America. And As It Changes, My Thoughts Also Change. Because No Matter What I Believe, What The Powers-that-be Believe Will Affect Me.

My First, My Birth Mother - Her Name Is Queenie - She Gave Me A Powerful Medicine When I Was A Child. She Told Me That, "i Was The Best," And It Helped Me So Much.

I'm A Performance Artist First; I'm A Recording Artist Second.

I Had The Opportunity, As A Child, To Grow Up In A Community Center Where I Was Exposed To Theater, Music, Art, And Computer Science; Things That I Would Have Never Had The Opportunity To Even Meet Had It Not Been For Those People Taking Time Out Of Their Schedules, Helping Us As Children To Travel All Over The World While Sitting In A Gymnasium. That's What I Did Before I Was A Musician, Before I Was A Recording Artist, I Was A Teacher And A Community Leader.