Questlove got his hands on a copy of the new issue of The Source Magazine, 99.9% due to Prince gracing the cover.

The Roots bandleader spoke in the recent weeks following the music legend’s untimely passing about how all sorts of tributes are going to continuously arise as we mourn and cope with his death, and how no one tribute will be perfect.

He raised an important point while defending Madonna, and recently decided to comment on the iconic hip hop publication’s interesting decision to put Prince on the cover as well. The issue hit newsstands on May 24th. 

In list form, sweet and short, Questlove details 40 reasons why Prince embodied hip hop. 

His reasons range from “overcame poverty” to “never wifed ‘em, mostly replaced ‘em,” to using “mad aliases” and making “dis records.”

Check out Questlove’s compelling argument Prince was hip hop in his post below.