More than anything, I'm an American kid, and my music reflects that more so than being an Asian-American. I think it's important but also something that can detrimental to your career if celebrated too much.

I like to rap about things that are funny but mostly things that are relatable. I remember there was this one song with Ja Rule, and I forgot, exactly, but it was with Ashanti, and there's a line in it that was like, 'She hit me up on AIM.' But that wasn't the actual line; it was something else, but I was like, 'Oh my God, he uses AIM!'

I was working a corporate job, but I really wanted to do music.

I studied my craft at the same place as Nicki Minaj.

Something happens to our creativity as we go through the education process; most of us lose touch with it.

Education can become a self-fulfilling activity, liberating in and of itself.

The demographic of young people... in each hand is a phone, more powerful than a computer. It's a doorway to the digital nation, to education.

Education is crucial in determining which profession women will choose, so it's important to spark interest in technologies at an early age.