I like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
NASThere was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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 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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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 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 don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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I don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
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I’m smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I’m smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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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 definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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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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Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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