I'm fascinated with the regionality of rap music.

There's no reason for somebody who's good at writing rap to be good at freestyling. They're different parts of your brain. You can develop both skills. I'm a much better writer.

There's no reason for somebody who's good at writing rap to be good at freestyling. They're different parts of your brain. You can develop both skills. I'm a much better writer.

I make the energy to go out. You can't let the Broadway schedule run you.

I make the energy to go out. You can't let the Broadway schedule run you.

I'm aware that not everybody gets that feeling of ease walking through the world that I have.

I'm aware that not everybody gets that feeling of ease walking through the world that I have.

I think it's important that your work is in conversation with artists in your community.

I think it's important that your work is in conversation with artists in your community.

I didn't aspire to be on Broadway.

I didn't aspire to be on Broadway.

I have this thing. I can rap really fast. I can rap really, really fast. It's a thing I'm good at and I've trained myself to do; it's a thing I do in the Bay Area.

I have this thing. I can rap really fast. I can rap really, really fast. It's a thing I'm good at and I've trained myself to do; it's a thing I do in the Bay Area.

To be rapping in a musical on Broadway is just - that sentence doesn't make any sense in my brain.

To be rapping in a musical on Broadway is just - that sentence doesn't make any sense in my brain.

I majored in theater. I did plays. But musicals were not my thing.

I majored in theater. I did plays. But musicals were not my thing.

The fact that rap has a strict meter and stays to a click means that you have to make your thoughts concise.

The fact that rap has a strict meter and stays to a click means that you have to make your thoughts concise.

Being with a bunch of people who never take a day off means that you're not taking a day off.

Being with a bunch of people who never take a day off means that you're not taking a day off.

The tricky thing about fast raps is not really the delivery of them; it's the writing of them, with consonants close enough together that you don't trip up over them.

The tricky thing about fast raps is not really the delivery of them; it's the writing of them, with consonants close enough together that you don't trip up over them.

Writing rap songs is about flow, about one word blending seamlessly into the next and creating a thing that is possible to perform in a way that feels natural.