I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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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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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it’s like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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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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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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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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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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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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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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Stillmatic’ is the rebirth of ‘Illmatic,’ my first debut album to come out in 1994. ‘Stillmatic’ is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back.
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It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
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