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.
NASThere comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out.
More Nas Quotes
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I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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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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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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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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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’m a big fan of Common. I’m a big fan of Scarface; I’m a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to… well, there are a lot of people’s music that I respect.
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I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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I 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.
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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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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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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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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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Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I’m not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.
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