I’ve been called everything. Gangsta rap. I’ve been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that’s on them.
NASI don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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I’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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My 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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I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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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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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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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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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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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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You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.
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