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.
NASI 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.
More Nas Quotes
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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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 don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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I just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
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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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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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Hip-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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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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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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Some 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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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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