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.
NASAfrica has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
More Nas Quotes
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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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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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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 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 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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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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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 want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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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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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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I’m a big fan of Common. I’m a big fan of Scarface; I’m a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to… well, there are a lot of people’s music that I respect.
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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