“I rap and I sing, so then you've got a bit of hip-hop in there. I'm Ja...” — Stefflon Don Quote

I rap and I sing, so then you've got a bit of hip-hop in there. I'm Jamaican, so you got a bit of dancehall. And I'm from London, so there's a bit of London things in there... And at sometimes, it's a little bit Afrobeat.

I have my own thing going on; I don't want to imitate anyone else.

I want to be more than just an artist and be a people's person and do a lot of stuff for people.

The rule I stand by as an artist is definitely be yourself, and don't make music just for other people: make it for you first.

The rappers that become legendary, they're the ones you wanna be.

I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever.

Ultimately, Dead Prez should have went multi-platinum. But when people didn't rally around them, I knew the black hip-hop audience had become far less politicized.

Hip-hop has taken a lot of different routes throughout the years, man. I've been around since 1986.

Historically, hip-hop is about a generation of artists rapping about the realities they see in their neighborhoods or the 'truths' they hear growing up in their homes.

I've always been a writer. I've always done writing or spoken-word, hip-hop stuff with my friends.