Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
NASI see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it’s a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers – whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there’s nothing wrong with that.
More Nas Quotes
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I have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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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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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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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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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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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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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
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