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.
NASYou can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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Marley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
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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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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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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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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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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.
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Anybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
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You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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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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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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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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