We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
NASAnybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
More Nas Quotes
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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’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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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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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.
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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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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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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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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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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 get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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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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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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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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