My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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.
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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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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
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I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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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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I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can’t ask for more than that.
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