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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
Nas
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Nas
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: September 14
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America is a melting pot for all different groups of people, historically. And it's rare that the story of all of these people will be told in the history books. So I always felt I had to find out my history for myself and research my roots.
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In hip hop no one cares. No one stands up for it and it's a mess. We need order so we can all follow the tradition of where we came from. We need to keep referring to the pioneers.
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We're all Africans, everyone - black, white, yellow.
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I push my own limits every day, every moment - in the studio, on the stage and beyond so it's truly a genuine fit.
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I live in L.A. because my kids do. Home is where my kids are for me.
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Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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You are who you associate with. Look around at your five closest friends and that's who you are. If you don't want to be that person, you know what you gotta do.
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The Internet made the world smaller, so it's easier for people to hear your music. You don't necessarily need a radio record.
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Africa has been going through so much for so many years it's time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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I lay puzzle as I backtrack to earlier times, Nothing's equivalent to the New York state of mind
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Some seek fame cause they need validation, Some say hating is confused admiration.
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Hip-hop is such an amazing thing that kids still want to do it. They're not saying, Ugh, that's the old people's music. No, they're younger than they've ever been that want to get into hip-hop music.
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The whole thing is, do as much as you can, when you possibly can, and don't stress.
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I sip the Dom P watching Gandhi til I'm charged - writing in my book of rhymes, all the words past the margin
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I used to keep a dictionary and work with it and then I realized there are more words that exist in the English language than there are in this dictionary.
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I'm not talking about Russia in my music. I've never been to Russia. I'm not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China. I'm talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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Hip-Hop is Dead cause America is dead culturally.
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I guess entertainment means blatantly lyin'
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Dogs live longer than rappers.
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