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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin' music videos in the projects. No matter what the song was about, I had 'em out there.
Nas
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Nas
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: September 14
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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Use your own intuition. You are tomorrow.
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You a slave to a page in my rhyme book.
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Play it cool, that's the old school rule man.
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