I’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
NASI like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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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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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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I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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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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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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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 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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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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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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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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I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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Anybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she’s fearless and she’s ahead of the game. She’s ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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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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