I don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
NASYou can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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It’s never been seen that a street artist go as far as I’ve gone – keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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I’ve been called everything. Gangsta rap. I’ve been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that’s on them.
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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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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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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 love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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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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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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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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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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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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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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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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