What inspired me to write...wow--I guess I could say that i've been inspired from a number of areas. My favorite writers are authors such as Walter Mosley, Octavia E. Butler, Toni Morrison, Richard Wright, and Carter G. Woodson. However, at the same time my writing is also influenced from a number of hip-hop artists, such as Andre 3000 and Big Boi (which make up the group OutKast), Talib Kweli, the D.O.C., Blackthought (from The Roots), Guru, Q-Tip, and Big Daddy Kane. The reason I say this is because not only write mostly fiction, but also poetry, which goes back to the days where I was an MC in high school and college. Those days have came and gone, however I still write to this very day.