I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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.
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I 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.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Man, 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.
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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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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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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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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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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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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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