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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.
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Nas
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: September 14
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No temporary chaos is worth your sanity. Just knowing that whatever happens, it happens to the best of them too.
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I think hip hop allows us to talk about everything, and Africa is what I choose to talk about now. If people are not talking about Africa, that's them, that's cool, there's nothing wrong with that. But this is who I am, this is what I have to say, this is what I have to offer.
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When I try to sound like the contemporary sound, it never turns out that way.
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Don't speak to fools, they scorn the wisdom of your words.
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