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.
NASNo matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I’ve had, they’d look like they were through. Done. But there’s something about me.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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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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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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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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Stillmatic’ is the rebirth of ‘Illmatic,’ my first debut album to come out in 1994. ‘Stillmatic’ is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back.
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I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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 I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
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