With me, Im a big fan of brothers like Slick Rick and ...

With me, Im a big fan of brothers like Slick Rick and Rakim and [Big Daddy] Kane and Biz [Markie] and all them cats. Them was the dudes that I really followed outside of us; us meaning the Clan. These are the dudes that basically influenced me and I just feel like Im a melting pot of all those elements.