I like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
NASWhen 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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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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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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Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I’m not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.
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It’s never been seen that a street artist go as far as I’ve gone – keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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I don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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I have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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I just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
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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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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 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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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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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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