I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
Anybody who runs for president in this country and comes out as strong as the Democrats were about helping the poor folks and black folks is not going to win.
A healthy and fully functioning society must allocate its resources among a variety of competing interests, all of which are more or less valid but none of which should take precedence over national security.