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.
NASI want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
More Nas Quotes
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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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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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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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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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me.
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I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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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 bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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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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I’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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