Rap used to be "The Black CNN". There used to be value on who was not only the most fly but the smartest and most articulate simultaneously. There used to be a standard in the music that, in turn, penetrated the thinking outside of it....

It's not that we are unaware, ladies. Men know we can't get through any of this life without you. The giver of life, the carrier, and cultivator of our children, the homemakers of even our ambition....

For as long as I can remember, I've operated off of an "I'll move when I'm moved" mentality. ...