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Big L scared me to death. When I heard that on tape, I was scared to death. I was like there's no way I can compete if this is what I gotta compete with.
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Nas
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: September 14
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People afraid of criticism but I always put myself in a sacrificial position,they been know I ain't just rappin for fame
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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The reason I want to be alone, is I'm tired of all the things that went wrong that would've went right if I had did 'em on my own
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I didn't really do many business ventures throughout my career because I would have an idea and then before I'd have a chance to make something of it, I'd see someone else do it. I just liked to watch my fellow artists become entrepreneurs and be people who can inspire the next generation. I did that more with my songs.
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What you call a infinite brawl, eternal souls clashin War gets deep, some beef is everlastin
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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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I think it's harder to make a classic now, not because of what people say, but because artists now are so concerned with what people say.
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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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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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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.
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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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Аll I need is one life, one try, one breath, I'm one man. What I stand for speaks for itself...they don't understand.
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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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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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Just do as much as you can.
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Vocabulary spills I'm ill.
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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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