No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
NASN.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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 love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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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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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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I’m a big fan of Common. I’m a big fan of Scarface; I’m a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to… well, there are a lot of people’s music that I respect.
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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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Man, 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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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.
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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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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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