Always Follow Your Own Path.

It's Not Always Easy To Do The Right Thing. But, Doing The Right Thing Makes You Strong, It Builds Character, It Forces You To Make Decisions Based Upon Your Beliefs And Not What Other People Think. In Life, And In Business, You Have To Stand For What You Believe In And Sometimes You Have To Stand Alone. But, What Makes You A Leader Is Having The Courage Of Your Convictions.

People Say I'm Going To Be The Next Oprah. But I Say No, Because Oprah Is Still Oprah. I'll Be The Next Me. I Feel Like There's Always A Lane For Me As Long As I'm True To Myself.

I Know People Who Are Twice As Creative As I Am, Twice As Smart, But They Didn't Do Anything Because They Feared Going Into A Room And Opening Their Mouths. My Parents Told Me To Truly Accomplish Things In My Life, There Would Be Times I Would Have To Stand Alone. It May Be Scary, But That's What It Requires.

My Mom Was My Main Influence Growing Up, And Phylicia Rashad Reminded Me A Lot Of My Mother, Just The Way She Handled Certain Things, She Was... Not Soft-spoken But Smooth-spoken. Just Very Calm, Cool, Collected About Things.

Award Shows, Like The Grammys, Were Tough On Us Early In Hip-hop, Not Even Televising Our Categories Or Splitting Them Up On Best Male Or Female Or Any Of That. We Had To Earn Them.