Before he took the stage for his soulful "Chain Smoker," he sat down with Arsenio Hall and talked about issues his city of Chicago is facing and why he wants to start a Rapper's Union in 2014.

"Chicago's music scene is rich, going all the way back to the Blues Movement, the Jazz Movement," he said. "There's the crucial conflicts. There's so much dope Chicago music I can't even begin to start."