“I got into rap when I first heard Sugarhill Gang.” — MC Ren Quote

I got into rap when I first heard Sugarhill Gang.

I would listen to the other great MCs and work on my delivery all the time.

That was my thing - the Raiders hats and all that.

We was just talking truth. We wasn't trying to be political. We was just trying to be hip-hop artists.

I want to say, to Mr. Gene Simmons, hip-hop is here forever. Get used to it.

A friend of mine had his own theater company, and he jumped me in like I was in a gang. And once I came in, it was just that simple. For the first time in my life, I felt, 'This is a career, this is a life that I think I can grow old doing.' It was love at first sight. I loved being on stage and reading these plays. It was great.

Now nobody get nervous, you ain't got nothing to fear. You're being robbed by the John Dillinger Gang, that's the best there is!

With 'Family and Loyalty,' I didn't already have an idea for that video. So I called Fab Five Freddy. I wanted to get a director that I didn't have to explain Gang Starr to and he was with it.

We just need more father figures and more older people to come and school these youth, because there will be a lost generation. And that's what a gang's supposed to be, protecting family and doing what you've got to do for your loved ones.