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I just try to do me and stay out of harms way.

Rakim

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Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
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Rapper
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New York City
New York
William Michael Griffin
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I never wanted to do the mixtape circuit and 300,000 people hear it and that's a chapter of my life and when I do another album I'm coming off of that chapter but the whole world didn't hear that chapter so it's like I would have to start over.
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I love listening to old records to keep nostalgic feeling it allows me to not lose the love for hip-hop.
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I'm one dude and when I make my bed I lay in it but don't stereotype me. Never sold a crumb to this day and I don't do nothing on the side.
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I kinda write in sequences that I live through.
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There's things in the Bible when you read the Quran there different wordings. The Quran is dealing with the Most High and the Bible is dealing with God. If they read them both and put it together they'll know what the true culture is.
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I go up in the supermarkets and people always go what are you doing here and I go I'm hungry in a sarcastic but nice way just to let them know yo I'm human too man.
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I've always been a fan of hip hop and there are cats out there that I admire.
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Now life is imitating art.
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The older I get the wiser and more skillful I get.
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It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at.
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My son plays football so I coach a couple of his teams. My youngest son just started playing last year and I assistant coached for one of his teams. I try to be there as much as I can. I also want to kill the stereotype. I want them to respect me as a man and a father first and then if you like hip hop go buy my album.
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Everything becomes too normal after a while.
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I think rap was a better move for me but football's been my love since I learned how to walk. I was gonna be a running back or quarterback. That was my life. That was it but things happen for a reason. I wouldn't trade this in for nothing.
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So I start my mission- leave my residence Thinkin how could I get some dead presidents
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When I hear my first album today I hear myself reading my rhymes but I'm my worst critic.
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Before I started rapping and touring I weighed about 160. But by going on the road every night eating fast food, performing every night, partying and drinking I started gaining weight immediately.
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Every time someone come out with an album don't change the whole style up but don't do what they are expecting. Surprise them.
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Once I finish one album I know where to begin again.
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Playing the sax and then enjoying jazz music man. It's like I learned how to find words inside of the beat.
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Keep your guns on and don't let anybody tell you how to load your guns or bust ya guns.
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