[H]ip-hop guys really do view themselves as entrepreneurs. … and it comes through in the lyrics and music.

How to run an organization intellectually is pretty trivial. But emotionally it’s very complex and people play on your emotions all the time. … and the rappers are only talking about the emotional challenge – the emotion of competition, the emotion of someone doing something you didn’t like…

Like about how to minimize politics in your company. I can go through an analysis with somebody and and say, ‘Well, if somebody comes in and says this, then if you react like this, then that’s going to happen and so forth.’ But Rick Ross says it better in Hustlin’ : ‘Who the fuck you think you fuckin’ with? I’m the fucking boss.’