“Hip-hop is limiting itself and that also goes for editorially. Magazin...” — will.i.am Quote

“Hip-hop is limiting itself and that also goes for editorially. Magazines and websites are the gatekeepers of what people think hip-hop is, but they actually end up limiting what hip-hop can be.”

“You know, the Super Bowl is so fresh that every single commercial is even on, you know, some next-level entertainment.”

“When I got into junior high school, that's when my mom let me dress how I wanted to dress. Up to that point I wore suits to school all the time.”

“We have a lot of relationships to the gatekeepers who can rally their people to go to the movie theater. It's a trusting relationship.”

“There are no gatekeepers in children's literature. There are children who like what you write because it's funny.”

“The Internet has really democratized ideas. There are no real gatekeepers any more, because if you have a great idea, and you put it online, people will find it and it will get in front of who it needs to get in front of.”