I'm the most successful person in my generation of family members, and that sucks.

I believe our society has fell into a pyramid system where there's people relegated to the bottom of that pyramid and there's people that feel like they're entitled to the top of that pyramid.

The biggest change in the government's behavior has been because of TV and its ability to show to the world what has happened in this community... that's the biggest change. But without TV... the separation between the government and the people would be much worse than it is.

You can measure films on box office success, or people lovin' the movie whenever they see it. That's what I measure my movies on. How much people love these movies after they get a chance to see them, no matter how they get a chance to see them.

I think when hip hop first started, people were open to it, and groups like Public Enemy and there was groups like Poor Righteous Teachers and all these people who were spitting a lot of knowledge, a lot of history, questioning a lot of societal barriers was starting to be super popular.

When you go to a movie, you don't care for one Oscar, really. Do you care if a guy got a Oscar on the shelf or is it a good movie? And, you don't care how much the movie made.

I figured, when I make a movie, especially earlier in my career, one thing I was going to make sure was that the movie doesn't cost a lot and that it has potential to make a lot of money. That's how you get respect in Hollywood.

I been all around the world and I haven't found a city that I'd rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.

The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.

There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.

Do the math, do the math baby it's the curse of money, once you got it, fool you got it.

You don't have to be super clean to be a super star.

When people see the Cubevision logo, they should know it's something good, something worth checking out.

Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, the wardrobe, set design, editing, music, and marketing.

I know my flavor's going to work because I just know there's not a lot of guys like me around. So you got to figure out what's that about you.

Get a grip, Oreo, and be true to the game.

I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I'm a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.

No matter what part of the country you come from, you can always come together to make groundbreaking hip-hop.

I'm always the less is more guy when it comes to a scene. So I'ma be the one who will keep it grounded. Even if I let it go off and go crazy, I'm still the voice of keeping things grounded in reality.

A bird in the hand is worth more than a Bush.