Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
NASMy 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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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It’s really competitive and it’s really about who’s number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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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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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out.
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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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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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Marley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
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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 love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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It’s never been seen that a street artist go as far as I’ve gone – keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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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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