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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
Mos Def
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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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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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The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like Who on top of this?
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Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination. It's like, I gotta get across the street, man! I gotta be there! I gotta be there! Then you get across the street and you're like, Yeah I'm here! And then, that's it. Fame doesn't make you particularly happy.
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