Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
NASN.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you’re happy… Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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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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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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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’m smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I’m smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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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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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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Marley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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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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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop… We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We’re warriors. Soldiers.
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