I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
NASWorking with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
More Nas Quotes
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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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 think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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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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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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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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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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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you.
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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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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
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