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.
NASYou 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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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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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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I have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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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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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 love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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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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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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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’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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I don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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