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I know that I'm freer as a hip-hopper than as an executive. Even as a black man, I enjoy more freedom as a hip-hopper than as a black man. That, s controversial to say, but it's the truth.
KRS-One
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KRS-One
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: August 20
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If we have power to degrade an entire society, then we also have the power to uplift it.
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Just black executives have a bias against older artists. We don't respect our elders. That's not because of white people. That's because of black leadership. We just have that problem, and it's something that I am going to spend the rest of my life trying to conquer.
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If you're true to the upliftment of people and the unity of people, raising the self-worth of people, then you live within your means. But the problem is that we're looking at the grass on the other side, saying, That's greener. I want to be in the thug market, but I want to be a conscious rap artist. It doesn't work like that.
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Believers of Jesus be denouncing Satan on every level, But every Halloween they're dressin' like devils.
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It's just hypocrisy on hip-hop's part to cry racial profiling when your race is on TV acting like fools.
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I'd rather make one righteous dollar on my level Than make a million dollars spittin' rhymes for the devil.
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Hip-hoppers are not interpreting what hip-hop is, and when we do interpret it, we interpret it as something immature, unorganized, and outlaw.
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When I say hip-hoppers, I mean black, white, Asian, Latino, Chicano, everybody. Everybody. Hip-hop has united all races. Hip-hop has formed a platform for all people, religions, and occupations to meet on something. We all have a platform to meet on now, due to hip-hop. That, to me, is beyond music. That is just a brilliant, brilliant thing.
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If I were to critique myself - step out of KRS objectively and look at him - I would say that KRS has introduced the concept of being hip-hop, not just doing it. The concept of rap as something we do, while hip-hop is something we live. The concept of living a culture. Don't just look at hip-hop as rap music, see it as a culture.
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Rap is still an art, and no-one's from the Old School Cuz rap is still a brand-new tool
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Teach the student what needs to be taught. 'Cause black and white kids both take shorts When one doesn't know about the other one's culture, Ignorance swoops down like a vulture.
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I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital H, and as one word. It's the name of the culture, and it's the name of the identity and consciousness. I think hip-hop is not a product, but a culture. I think rap is a product, but when hip-hop becomes a product, that's slavery, because you're talking about people's souls.
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Kings lose crowns but teachers stay intelligent
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You know, you don't see with your eyes You see with your brain And the more words your brain has The more things you can see
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Love yourself and your expression, you can't go wrong.
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The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop
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Are you tired of lyrical liars, passing fliers, Wannabe MC's, but really good triers, Tripping over mic cords, getting you bored, A total fraud, this kind of thing I can't afford!
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Rebel, renegade, must stay paid.
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I make intelligence cool. I make spirituality cool. If we can make one's devotion to God cool, then I think I did a great thing. I can rest in peace.
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