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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.

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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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Anybody Artist Classical Rapper
I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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Able Being Career Focus Longest Record Sell Still Strength Think
I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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Album Collaboration Definitely Future More Plan
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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Ahead Favourite Fearless Gaga Game Incredible One Voice
N.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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Again Become Brave Country Enough Gotta Hip Hop New Something
Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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Bigger Country Hip Hop South
Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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Best Firsthand Friend Kill Other Plenty Relate Seen Somebody
We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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Balck Country Everyone People White Yellow
I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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Chance Collaborate Great Happen Know Something
Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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Appreciate Make Once Point Struggle
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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Anything Business Easier Easy Know Much Music Nothing Wish Worth
I don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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Each Other Hate Jealous never People
DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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Challenge Much Need Power Rapper
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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Conscious Do Gangsta Just Lane People Rapper Some Stomping
I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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Art Galleria Love Mean World
When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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Basically Country Dead Hip Hop Music Political Say View Voice
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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Beast Crazy Divorce Go Happy Hold Honest Love Man Prepare Way
I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Better Country Do Little See Want
The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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Curious Grow Matter Respect Subject Thing Whatever Young
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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Country Going May Much Nation Other Stand Through Time Up Year
I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it’s a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers – whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there’s nothing wrong with that.
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Country Grimy Grind Hustler Rapper See Sound Street
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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Daughter Out Protect Seen Thing
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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Artist Caught Especially Hip Hop Mainstream Older One Phenomena Worldwide
I’ve been called everything. Gangsta rap. I’ve been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that’s on them.
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Call Conscious Everything Gangsta Rap
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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Channel Discovery Good Grew Had History Love Pbs Say Up
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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Country Crazy Different Grow Help Life Reflect Side Talk
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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All Competitive Get Hand Hip Hop Number One Out Really Sometimes Standoffish Time

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