When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
NASSome 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.
More Nas Quotes
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she’s fearless and she’s ahead of the game. She’s ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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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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Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me.
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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 is really standoffish. It’s really competitive and it’s really about who’s number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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It’s never been seen that a street artist go as far as I’ve gone – keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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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’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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I think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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