I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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 love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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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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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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I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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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 never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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Stillmatic’ is the rebirth of ‘Illmatic,’ my first debut album to come out in 1994. ‘Stillmatic’ is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back.
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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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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 think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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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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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It’s really competitive and it’s really about who’s number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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