No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
NASYou don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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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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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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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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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it’s a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers – whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there’s nothing wrong with that.
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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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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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Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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