Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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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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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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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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I don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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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 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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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop… We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We’re warriors. Soldiers.
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