When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
NASDJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
More Nas Quotes
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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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I think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop… We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We’re warriors. Soldiers.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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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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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 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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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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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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I just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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