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.
NASNo matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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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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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I’m still a supporter of it.
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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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Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you’re happy… Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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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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Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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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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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 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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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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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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I don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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