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.
NASAll fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
More Nas Quotes
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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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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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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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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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 don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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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 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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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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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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I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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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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