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.
NASI never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
More Nas Quotes
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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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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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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you.
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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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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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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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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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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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I don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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