Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
NASEvery generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
NASAnybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
NASThe things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
NASI 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.
NASEvery time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
NASI 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.
NASMy record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
NASWhen 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.
NASYou don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
NASI love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
NASI want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
NASWe’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
NASSomebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
NASMy 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.
NASI just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
NASHip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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