Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
NASUnfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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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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I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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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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Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I’m not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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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 think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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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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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it’s like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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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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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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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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