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.
NASI’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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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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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 think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can’t ask for more than that.
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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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You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.
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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
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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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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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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 talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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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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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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