America used to say that hip-hop was a cancer. Then it embraced that cancer and realized, 'Hey, this isn't a bad thing. It is part of us, just more America.'

People still knew me as Charles, so when I came across Charlemagne in a history book, that sounded good: Charles the Great, a warrior who used his power to spread religion and education. He was the head of the Carolingian dynasty, and with me being from South Carolina, that clicked.

We honestly shouldn't be paying attention to nothing Kanye West says until he actually goes out there and gets the help we all think he needs. That's what keeps these stigmas about mental health and everything going - we act like it's a joke.

If I see a police officer behind me, and I can pull over into, like, a shopping center or something, I do it.

It's always cool when you get immortalized on records. I am just happy that I have gotten to the level where rappers who can actually rap say my name in records, regardless if it's a diss or not.

Early in my career, I was only being dissed by Chingy. Now, I'm being dissed by Eminem. Life is great.

I love when white people use their privilege to combat prejudice.

All I have are my experiences, and I like to share my experiences to see if people could learn from them.

Rational anxiety is when you're aware of the source of your anxiety. Like, if I have to host an award show or talk to millions of people on the radio, I'm going to feel anxious, and I know why. Irrational anxiety is when I'm leaving CVS, and there's a car behind me, and I'm wondering if he's following me home.

I think social media is painting an unattainable picture of perfection.

I'm a slightly obnoxious person.

You have to grow and evolve and look towards the future.

Self-help is something that I've always been into. I thought I was going to be a psychiatrist.

I grew up in a rural area. Books are what helped me transcend my circumstances.

Contrary to popular belief, all I want to do is empower people.

Kanye is always going to be Kanye. He is always going to be outspoken. He's always going to say exactly how he feels.

I think, in a lot of ways, Kanye's superpower is his weakness - if you tell him he can't do something, he's going to go hard at it.

Black people are the only ones told to love our oppressors. I hate that. We've been loving our oppressors for a long time, and nothing has changed - that love has to be reciprocated.

I go to a therapist every week.

There's nothing like seeing your floor clear because you organized and cleared the space of all that clutter. That's how I feel when I go to my therapist.

I think black men especially should go to therapy and seek out mental help, because we need it. Even if you don't think you need it, we need it.

Your passion is that one thing you can't stop thinking about, that thing you wake up thinking about in the morning, go to sleep thinking about at night, that thing that you would do for free!

Best way to measure your passion is simply asking would you do it for free? If money is your motivation, then it's not really your passion.

Be nice to everyone you meet, including janitors, receptionists, and everyone.

When I started talking to my therapist, we hit the source of my PTSD and the trauma that came from the things that occurred when I was younger - issues with my father and how that may have affected me.

If something is on my mind, I've got to get it out. I can't front, for lack of a better term.

I ain't got no rhythm.

There's nothing that makes me feel better than being on these mainstream shows, whether it's 'The View,' 'Colbert' or whatever, and saying, 'It's a privilege to be black.' Oh, I love that.

I always felt like, when you're lying, you're kind of pretending to be something you're not.

I don't know how me having a conversation with Tomi Lahren all of a sudden turned into me hating black women.

I am definitely not sitting down with Jason Whitlock because I don't think he is willing to learn. He is fat and 50. There ain't no changing the mind of a fat, 50-year-old person.

You have to empower yourself.

In America, a black man has to feel like he's God just to make it a little bit when white people can just feel human. They can just be themselves, but for me, I feel we have to start instilling that back into our people. That pride. That black power. That privilege to be alive.

We're special because God created us, and that goes for any race.

I don't want any of my sisters to be like Tomi Lahren. You all are smarter, sharper, more articulate, brilliant, so why would I want y'all to be like her?

I learned that every conversation shouldn't be had via social media.

Anybody who knows me knows I'm a Marvel fanatic. I have Wolverine tatted on my right arm.

It's a privilege and honor to write and star in my own comic. I can officially cross that off the bucket list!

I've been doing radio since I was 18, and I've been unemployed four times from radio for various reasons.

I like New York, man - I ain't gonna front. The only thing I probably don't like about New York is that, coming from the South, people aren't hospitable. You tell somebody 'Hi,' and they look at you like you're out your freaking mind.

When I saw the rise of the anti-Christ Donald Trump, I was like, 'Hell no.' We can't be in a country where we love celebrities so much that we let the executive producer of 'Celebrity Apprentice' become the GOP nominee.

That's the beauty of America - the fact that all of us can be anything we want to be if we put in the work.

You have to learn to have discourse with people you don't necessarily agree with.

Being morally honest means sitting down and actually listening to a person and understanding where they're coming from.

Live TV is no joke.

My job is to benefit the listeners first and foremost, entertain the listeners first and foremost, and to get ratings. You can't get ratings without listeners. So I wanna do things that the listeners enjoy, even though you may hate me for it or you may love me for that.

I pride myself on being the nicest person in the room or being the nicest person to people.

If it's one entity you don't want no drama with in this era, it's black women.

If you're family to me, you're gonna always be family to me.

If stop-and-frisk was a fair and balanced practice that targeted everybody equally across the board, then I could understand the extra precautions being taken, but since it's a practice that targets blacks and Hispanics and gives the police the right to lawfully profile us, I'm not with it.