My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
NASMan, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she’s fearless and she’s ahead of the game. She’s ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you.
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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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Anybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
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I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me.
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