“I thought about ancient times when we didn't have electric light. People were slaves to the ebb and the flow of the light cycle. Good Morning and Good Night represents one light cycle.” PeopleLightNightMorningFlowSlaveAncientCyclesElectricGood NightAncient TimesElectric Light Author:Malik Yusef
“I see myself as the oldest griot tradition of speaking to truth out here. There's a dark side that people don't even know is there.” PeopleKnowsSidesDarkTraditionDark Side Author:Malik Yusef
“They don't want art that might actually change the community. They just want consumers. They don't want people to manufacture things. They'll do the manufacturing, and they just need people to buy it, need youth to buy it.” PeopleWantNeedsArtMightCommunityYouthConsumersManufacturing Author:Malik Yusef
“You got to have dedicated people, a lot of dedicated folk. There's only so much one person can do. We really have to find people in our community that can give an hour a week. I was recruited because I started gangbanging at 12. I understand the structure; I understand the people inside.” PeopleGivingPersonsCan DoCommunityHoursWeekStructureFolksDedicatedOur Community Author:Malik Yusef
“I've broken it down to three basic types of people in gangs. You have the first type, the most dangerous, which are the glory seekers. They just want to be popular, they want to be stars, and they can do that in gangbanging. Then you have the one that I think is the worst, which is the one that's expected to be in the gang. Then you have the ones that were like me; they had to be.” PeopleThinkingWantFirstsThreeStarsCan DoWorstDangerousBrokenTypeGloryExpectedLike MeGangSeekers Author:Malik Yusef
“I let them [Kanye and Pharrell] be them; they let me be me. I'm just a little boy that does poetry whose friends got famous, and I like it that way. I like to be found. I don't want to be overexposed. I love when people discover me and discover my music.” PeopleWayWantLittlesDoeFoundBoysLet MeLittle BoysLet Me Be Me Author:Malik Yusef
