“My father constantly reminded me that he named me after Angela Yvonne ...” — Angela Rye Quote

“My father constantly reminded me that he named me after Angela Yvonne Davis, a scholar and activist who was well known for her work in tandem with the Black Panther Party. That felt like a purposeful, beckoning call to engage in strategic resistance and to fight for the oppressed.”

“Ben Carson said black people worked for less. I have breaking news: we built this joint for free. We didn't build it for less.”

“I am not interested in trying to convince and change the mind of a bigot.”

“There can be no activist judges from any political party.”

“The Black experience in America now includes everything, all the way up to being the president of the United States.' But there's genres for 'prestige Black projects:' slave overcoming adversity and escaping, Black civil rights activist overcoming white racism, inner-city gangland stuff, poverty and broken homes.”

“I find myself walking these lines. Like I might be an artist, but I also might be an activist. And I'm trying to be both in a way that honors both and doesn't stray too far into either.”