It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
NASCalling 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.
More Nas Quotes
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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Stillmatic’ is the rebirth of ‘Illmatic,’ my first debut album to come out in 1994. ‘Stillmatic’ is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back.
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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
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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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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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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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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It’s really competitive and it’s really about who’s number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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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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I don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
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I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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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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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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