Marley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
NASMan, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
More Nas Quotes
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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 is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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I just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
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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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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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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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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 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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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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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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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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