The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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.
More Nas Quotes
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it’s time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll appreciate the struggle.
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Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you’re happy… Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it’s like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it.
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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I’ve had, they’d look like they were through. Done. But there’s something about me.
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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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