I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
NASI 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.
More Nas Quotes
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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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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 marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me.
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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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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
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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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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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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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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I’ve had, they’d look like they were through. Done. But there’s something about me.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she’s fearless and she’s ahead of the game. She’s ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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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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