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.
Moral persuasion over a period of time makes a difference, but we shouldn't be naive to think that just because we raise it in a meeting it will make all those problems go away. It won't and it doesn't.
I don't like being lied to, so I only lie about the stupid things. White lies, basically.