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I knew I was always going to be around music. And I actually thought I would be dancing, not a vocal major.
Leave the past in the past, tomorrows not promised and Todays just a gift i guess thats why its the present
I'm from a family of educators. I grew up with books in my house and in my hands and my parents in my life.
Forget college, forget everything else, just educate yourself, your world around you, everything around you.
Golly, he's just a pest and your worst best friend, Who mend and rip space-time fabric like polyester blend.
Life is like a dice game; one roll could land you in jail, or cuttin' cake, blowin' kisses in the rice game.
This is a beautiful life we lead in spite of whatever things come against us or whatever team loses or wins.
Me and Kendrick [Lamar] have different types of music. He from a different coast; we ain't in the same lane.
My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.
My fans like a certain quality and a certain level of music. Once I give it to them, they seem pretty happy.
I think first of all my purpose is to be me. I didn't come here to specifically be a role model or anything.
I got plenty. You can have all my light, my shine. I got plenty. All my boys here, we working being creative.
Me as an artist, I've ventured off into doing all types of music. I'll do a jazz album, you know what I mean.
I'm a firm believer in my higher power havin' a plan, and he's never wrong, and he's not open to suggestions.
As an artist, that's our job - to be with you in times of celebration and when the world is kicking your ass.
When I bought the Rolls Royce they thought it was leased, then I bought that new Ferrari hater rest in peace.
I'm not the best person at putting words together. I can't give you the melody. But I might inspire somebody.
Me tweeting sometimes, it's like, I don't even remember what I say. It's just coming off how it's coming off.
When I was a barber, me being extreme was how I got popular: you name it, I was drawing it on someone's head.
The Clash is pretty much my favorite band, and their songs like 'Rock the Casbah' are political dance tracks.
I feel like battle rap is as popular as it's ever been, today. With Total Slaughter it's getting real popular.
I think our Canadian fan base is large because it took us a while to get over here anyway, in the first place.
We as people have a purpose here to contribute to the Earth, to contribute to people's goodness and good life.
Obviously God knew I wasn't going to make it to the NBA as much as I probably believed. This was divine order.
I always wanted to do a deal with Russell Simmons, and now I've got my signature on a piece of paper with his.
I'm not in a competition with any other artist, anything that's goin' on - I'm strictly competing with myself.
Jamaica's probably the most dominant island as far as influence goes, as far as music and dancing and culture.
Everyone's been on the "hip-hop is dead" campaign for years, and now it's the most unsure-of-itself genre ever.
Strategies are great, business models are great, but the reality is your music has to mean something to people.
Hip-hop is always moving. It's always looking for the next style; it's always trying to one-up the last person.
A lot of people thought 'Funcrusher' was super dark and hopeless, and I don't think it was hopeless in any way.
I was raised a black child in the South, where you're indoctrinated into a religion that an oppressor gave you.
You only get honest expression when I spit in your ear; That means even when I'm dissing you I'm being sincere.
I let my music do the talking. Ain't no TV show gonna help me. Ain't no hit single gon help me sell no records.
People know who I am, but I'm feeling so lonely in the middle area, because I feel like I should be at the top.
That party last night was awfully crazy I wish we taped it I danced my ass off and had this one girl completely.
Being broke is a joke, I never found it funny / That's why I count my blessings / As much as I count my money...
Rap, to me, is communal. It's something you do with your friends. So becoming a member of a group was the dream.
We are raising a generation of kids where everyone gets a trophy. But in real life, everyone don't get a trophy.
In my day, in my era, Ralph McDaniels, just being five and being at his block party, you could just got onstage.
I've always been rapping before I was making money off of it. Before I made a profit, I had always been rapping.
I don't think I would change really anything about rap. Rap don't have no limits to it, and I like it like that.
I keep my eyes and heart bent toward Jesus, therefore no human response can distract me from the Kingdom agenda.
I was born alone, I'm gonna die alone. I have my own identity. I'm my own person, and no two people are the same.
I used to listen to 'Ready to Die' around the time I dropped out of college. I was scrambling for work and money.
That old ball and chain had me chained up for weeks, So of course I'm off the chain as soon as I hit the streets.
The bravest artists I've ever known have always been graf artists. Risking your life and your freedom is no joke.
Get your pockets dug from all your chemical bank ends caught him at the red light - on Putman Avenue and Franklin
I treat all my projects the same. They're all time capsules of where I am at the time and what I'm thinking about.
I went to college, got a job. Not a good job or anything but I was fully set to be an office employee for my life.