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?
NASI think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I’ve seen out there, you know, the things that’s out there that ain’t good for her. It’s a crazy world we live in.
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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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I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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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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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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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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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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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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