We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
NASMy 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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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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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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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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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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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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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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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 making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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