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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is.

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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
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My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.
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I don't care about what brand you are, I'm concerned what type of man you are, what your principles and standards are.
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Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years, it's a name that the streets taught me, a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment, and I feel I've done quite a bit with that name. [But] it's time to expand and move on.
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I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.
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