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There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.

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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop.
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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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Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.
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That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.
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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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They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is.
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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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All the things that are worth doing, take time.
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It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'
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At its heart, music is all higher mathematics.
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Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
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With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn't just about being noticed, you know?
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I want to be necessary and do good works. I ain't here to waste nobody's time, because I don't want you to waste mine.
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Beef is not what Jay said to Nas Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.
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I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.
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Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.
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I seen her on the ave, spotted her more than once. Ass so fat that you could see it from the front.
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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
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