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Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don’t think it’s given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely.

Jay-Z

I don’t sit around with my friends and talk about money, ever. On a record, that’s different.
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Poor people don’t like talking about poverty because even though they might live in the projects surrounded by other poor people and have, like, ten dollars in the bank they don’t like to think of themselves as poor.
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I’m just going to make the music I love to make, and I’m going to mature with my music.
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I think reviews have lost a lot of their importance now because of the Internet; everyone is experiencing things at the same time.
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The experiences that I’ve had growing up with music, you know, I couldn’t trade them for any money in the world. Dancing in the living room to enjoy myself. ‘Enjoy Yourself,’ Michael Jackson.
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I’ve always wanted to stay true to myself, and I’ve managed to do that. People have to accept that.
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I treat people based on who they really are, not the name. Everyone has to be respectful and be a human being. No one’s above… That’s how I carry it with anybody.
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My first album didn’t come out until I was 26.
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Blueprint 3′ is made up of songs, but it’s also a commentary on the idea that in order for rap to survive, we have to stretch out the drama.
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As kids, we didn’t complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could.
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People really feel like music is free but will pay $6 for water. You can drink water free out of the tap, and it’s good water. But they’re OK paying for it.
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Rap for me is like making movies, telling stories, and getting the emotions of the songs through in just as deep a way.
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I think relationships are broken up because of the media.
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I have inherited two of the most important brands in hip-hop, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. Reid and Universal Music Group have given me the opportunity to manage the companies I have contributed to my whole career. I feel this is a giant step for me and the entire artist community.
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We have to stretch out the audience. It can’t be this narrow – we have to stretch out the point of view.
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Companies that pretend to care about music and really care about other things – whether it be hardware, whether it be advertising – and now they look at music as a loss leader. And we know music isn’t a loss leader; music is an important part of our lives.
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Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don’t think it’s given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely.

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