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If you look at pop culture as the main picture you see of black men, all these kind of threatening pictures and - I think those of us who are artists and who are in media have to think carefully about what those pictures are. ”
As a black man who doesn't know another black man who hasn't had strange run-ins with police officers, it's impossible for us not to think about whether that could have been us - based on our country, based on our culture, based on our past experiences. ”
Pop culture mirrors culture, and, I think, as a rapper, hip-hop in a lot of ways mirrors the things that are happening in urban neighborhoods. ”
Entrepreneurship is about tackling big problems - often non-obvious problems - that will have a meaningful impact on the world, and this usually involves solving these problems in counterintuitive ways. ”
I definitely have to admit that I am fairly ignorant, not just to 'Tron,' but almost any pop culture thing that I should know, at my age. I grew up without a television and rarely got to see a movie, so I didn't really see any of that stuff, and I haven't been able to catch up since. ”
With the right people, culture, and values, you can accomplish great things. ”
Even if you're not Christian, just from being in our culture you know Jesus and resurrection and redemption. ”
I think the Internet is going to open up a lot of possibilities with music, and the shake-up of power is exciting to me. ”
I believe that art can make relevant and progressive contributions to culture and society. ”
Image-making, along with storytelling and music, is the stuff that culture is made out of. ”