Ariel Rechtshaid

I realized I liked being in the studio and working on translating the ideas into recordings.

I was never in the business of trying to put my name out there - I was really focused on music and records and being in the studio.

Hip-hop has never had boundaries - the more adventurous it is, the more popular it seems to be.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

Kids from financially distressed households are twice as likely to have to repeat a grade and more than two-and-a-half more times to struggle with poor health later in life.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.