No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
NASI talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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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.
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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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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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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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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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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I’ve had, they’d look like they were through. Done. But there’s something about me.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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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 want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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