I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
NASHip-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.
More Nas Quotes
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You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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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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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 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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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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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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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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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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