Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
NASGaGa 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 lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
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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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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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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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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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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You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.
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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 think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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I’m smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I’m smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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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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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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