To me, my mother is very beautiful and the epitome of a woman. She knows how to balance a busy professional life with family life.

Three components - education, equality and empowerment - play an important and pivotal role in moving the country forward in every aspect.

I strongly feel about women's rights because I have been working for menstrual hygiene across India.

Women are equal to men.

Most of the people in my family were pretty funny. Everyone had a good sense of humor. I came to California right after college, wanting to be a musician.

Women tend to have recognition and peer group support - recognition from friends and family that this has to be a big issue in their lives. They're more comfortable expressing the need for support and receiving it.

My family was all born in Sicily and I'm Italian-American. They're the real thing. They're authentic Italians, and honestly they're the most open-minded, nicest people in the world and nothing can really offend them. That's the way I think true Sicilians are.

Many of us were raised without a father, and the subject of deadbeat dads hits home in a lot of areas. Most of all, doing a song about being a father to your daughter flies straight in the face of the argument that says hip-hop is misogynistic.