I think I’ve had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records.
NASHip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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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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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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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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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It’s really competitive and it’s really about who’s number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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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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I can’t control what people think. They know who I am.
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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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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
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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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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it’s like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it.
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I’ll always love rap, no matter what’s going on.
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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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