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I'm out for presidents to represent me (Say what?) I'm out for dead presidents to represent me.
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Nas
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: September 14
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There's really nothing better than music to bring people together and to have amazing music being not just created inside walls but then decimating and activating is going to be special.
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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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The further I get, the further I want to go
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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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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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Respect all fear none my pride is everything
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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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There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game.
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I'm inspired by people like Nelson Mandela. Can you imagine - you know how racist America was back then - imagine how racism was in South Africa when he had to stand up and say what he had to say. That's bravery beyond comprehension.
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I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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Some people say I'm conscious, some say I'm a gangsta rapper - it's just me doing me. I'm stomping in my own lane. I'm doing what I do.
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If I made an album just to sell you a story about how I'm the man, it really doesn't show any human side to me. It's good to talk about what's real and what's relevant.
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Hip-Hop is Dead cause America is dead culturally.
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A lot of times it seems like, you ain't gon' make it where you wanna be in life. But, yo if you got a plan, believe me you gon' get there. You gon' get everything you ever wanted
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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I talk about Africa and its meaning, being the birthplace of man and all that great history that's been erased and even hidden. I think it's my duty to be proud and to bring about the conversation that allows us to talk about the great history of my people.
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Rule No. 1 is you can't be fake. If you're fake, you become a gimmick and you're selling a gimmick a little gimmick is cool, this is entertainment. But when you base your stuff on mostly real stuff, you never run out of it because every day is a different adventure.
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Use your own intuition. You are tomorrow.
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I guess entertainment means blatantly lyin'
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