Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
NASI don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
More Nas Quotes
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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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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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
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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 talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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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 don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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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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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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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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I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop… We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We’re warriors. Soldiers.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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