I'm a role model for those who dare to be different. For those who dare to take a stand in their life and have an opinion.

Dre was one of my heros in the music industry. If he's not down for his homeboys, I don't wanna be a part of him or around him.

Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

A hero is someone who rebels or seems to rebel against the facts of existence and seems to conquer them. Obviously that can only work at moments. It can't be a lasting thing. That's not saying that people shouldn't keep trying to rebel against the facts of existence. Someday, who knows, we might conquer death, disease and war.

The way people look at me these days - that's the same way I looked at President Obama before I met him. We tend to forget that people who've attained a certain position are human.