Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
NASI don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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 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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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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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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I’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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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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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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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.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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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 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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I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can’t ask for more than that.
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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’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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