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Look at all the billionaires. If I know 15 billionaires, I know 13 unhappy people.

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Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.

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The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have not been recognized.

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Well, it's the last step of the civil rights movement: You know, wrap your hands around some money, right?

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The conditions of suffering that exist today in our impoverished communities are not acceptable. The reflection of those conditions are less concerning to me. And I work everyday about changing the conditions.

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If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you're going to get, you become a more successful person. In other words, if you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money.

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I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had a great impact on me when my father walked the picket lines and I walked with him during the civil rights movement.

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I try to use my voice. I know that celebrity is valuable, and people do listen.

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I have 2 million Twitter followers. Some of those people are also yogis and activists and people who really go out and make a difference. I do as much as I can with my voice. It's effortless in some cases. I try to remind everybody that they have that kind of voice.

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I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: October 4th, 1957

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