I don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
NASI 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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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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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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You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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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 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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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 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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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.
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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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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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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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