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.
NASI wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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 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 think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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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 talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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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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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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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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Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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 I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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