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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
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Live now for the promise of the Infinite
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If it's just fame for the sake of being famous, no one even cares about you - and you don't even care about yourself because you're like, This is so ridiculous.
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We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.
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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.
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If 'Life in Marvelous Times' can't get on the radio, then I don't need to be on the radio.
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Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective.
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Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.
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Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
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Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret: The million other straws underneath it.
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Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going how are you doing?
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I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who are in charge of what people see or hear are afraid. What you hear on top 40 or what you see on BET or MTV is not a fair representation of what is really going on...
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So rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on as background music. It's kind of the same way the cabdrivers use music it's very disposable. But, that doesn't mean there aren't a great number of artists who are doing things to change that.
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I'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne
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Crack mothers, crack babies and AIDS patients Youngbloods can't spell, but they could rock you in PlayStation.
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You can positively affect and change a social circumstance with art, and it’s vital that a change happens now.
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I'm a passionate person. I'm a lot of things, like most people are. Most people are dynamic. The focus is not on me though, I'm a screen. The aim is to always keep myself in the position where the screen is clear.
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