Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
NASHip-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 think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can’t ask for more than that.
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It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
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I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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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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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
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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 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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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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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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