I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
NASDJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
More Nas Quotes
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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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There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out.
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Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I’m not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.
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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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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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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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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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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 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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I 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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I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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