>>> OUR NEXT GUEST WON NO FEWER THAN THREE GRAMMIES, GOLDEN
GLOBES AND OSCAR. >> RECORDING ARTIST COMMON UP
FOR HIS WORK ON THE SONG FEATURED IN THE NETFLIX DRAMA.
GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.
>> I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU LISTENING TO SOME OF THE MUSIC.
GIVEN THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON MOST RECENTLY, WHAT ARE
YOUR THOUGHTS ON ALL THIS THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING?
>> WELL, I THINK, OBVIOUSLY, OUR WORLD AND NATION IS AT A
CHALLENGING TIME. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF
POWER AS PEOPLE TO CREATE A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR THIS
WORLD. AND IT'S UP TO US NOW AT THIS
POINT. SO I'M NOT LOT SITTING THERE
FOCUSING ON THE NEGATIVE, I'M FOCUSING ON THE POSITIVE AT THIS
POINT. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS THE
THING, TRUE STORY. THE OTHER NIGHT I WAS LISTENING
TO THE NEWS. EVEN FOR ME I'M IN THE NEWS
BUSINESS. IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING.
I WAS ON INSTAGRAM, STROLLING THROUGH THE FEED.
PEOPLE UPSET, ANGRY, THIS AND THAT.
THEN I GOT TO YOURS BECAUSE I FOLLOW YOU ON INSTAGRAM.
IT WAS ABOUT LOVE. YOU WROTE ABOUT LIGHT SHINING
THROUGH DARK. YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GOING TO STOP
SCROLLING. IT MADE ME FEEL BETTER.
I TURNED OFF MY PHONE AND WEPT TO SLEEP.
I ENDED MY EVENING ON A POSITIVE NOTE.
IT WAS BECAUSE OF YOU, YOU PUSHED THROUGH A POSITIVE
MESSAGE. >> OUT OF DARKNESS CAN COME
LIGHT. THROUGH THESE CHALLENING TIMES,
ALL THESE THINGS COMING TO THE SURFACE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO
ADDRESS. A HEALING PROCESS YOU HAVE TO
LET PAIN AND THINGS DEEPLY ROOTED COMING TO THE SURFACE.
HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT? WE DEAL WITH THAT WITH LOVE AND
ACTION. I'M NOT ONLY GRATEFUL TO BE
MAKING A SONG AS AN ARTIST BUT I WANT TO BE ACTIVE IN THE THINGS
I DO IN LIFE AND BE PART OF THE CHANGE.
PUT MY BODY AND MIND AND SOUL INTO THE WORK OF CHANGING AND
IMPROVING PEOPLE'S LIVES. I SEE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
ACTIVATED TO DO THAT. NOW IT'S JUST IDENTIFYING THOSE
THINGS WHERE WE CAN CHANGE THINGS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON THE EMMY NOMINATION FOR THIS.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE FINDING OUT. YOU'VE GOTTEN A GRAMMY, YOU'VE
GOTTEN AN OSCAR. IF YOU GET THE EMMY, YOU'RE A
THIRD OF THE WAY TO THE EGOT. >> I WOULD SAY I WAS VERY
HONORED AND GRATEFUL. JOYOUS WHEN I RELIED WHERP
NOMINATED FOR "LETTER TO THE FREE."
I WANT THAT. THE BIGGEST JOY IS THE FACT I
GET NOMINATED FOR MUSIC AND ART REALLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE
CULTURE. AND IT OPENS UP THE PLATFORM FOR
ME TO DO MORE. WITH THE OSCAR NOMINATION I FEEL
MORE RESPONSIBILITY TO DO MORE. WITH THE EMMY NOMINATION I FEEL
THE SAME. I WANT TO HAVE THAT EGOT.
IT WILL BE EGO IF I GOT THE EMMY.
I WANT THE EGOT, IT WOULD BE A BLESSING.
>> DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING PLANNED FOR BROADWAY?
>> AT SOME POINT I WANT TO WRITE AND ACT ON BROADWAY.
>> I'M INTERESTED, WHAT'S ON YOUR PLAY LIST.
>> KENDRICK LAMAR, JOHN COLTRANE.
>> IS IT ALWAYS COOL? YOU'RE LIKE COOL AND SWAG.
>> IT GETS ME CHARGED UP. WHEN I WANT TO GET CHARGED UP, I
LISTEN TO '90s HIP-HOP, WU-TANG CLAN.
I LIKE JAZZ. I'M A JAZZ FAN.
>> YOU DO SO THINGS WELL. ONE THING A LITTLE INTIMIDATED
ON THE BASKETBALL COURT. >> I'M NOT INTIMIDATED.
I'M A GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYER. >> THEY SAY YOU'RE INTIMIDATED
PLAYING CELEBRITY BASKETBALL. >> LET ME SAY THIS.
I HAVEN'T PLAYED MY BEST GAMES IN BASKETBALL.
YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS AN NBA PLAYER.
>> SHOCKED. >> THIS IS MY CHICAGO SWAG
COMING OUT. I HAVE TO BE A PROUD BASKETBALL
PLAYER. MY POPS LAID IN THE ABA.
>> THAT'S SO COOL. >>