"In the end, you can't censor the truth, especially when it comes packaged in hot music."
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"I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government."
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"I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house."
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"I can think of no one more relevant and credible in the hip-hop community to build upon Def Jam's fantastic legacy and move the company into its next groundbreaking era."
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"The fans get to see you, and you can do great by your record if you have a great performance or a great night there. That's all part of the business. But at their core, awards shows are not really a sincere thing. For a lot of years, the artists had to pay to play their own set."
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"When you're growing up, your dad is your superhero. Once you've let yourself fall that in love with someone, once you put him on such a high pedestal and he lets you down, you never want to experience that pain again."
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"I smoked some weed, and that's how I finished 'Izzo.'"
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"Well I'm not just gon' go and do rap songs. I wanna touch, and maybe help, and see what I can do in these areas.' As I start looking around me, looking at things in ways that I can become helpful, starting at the first thing, water. Something as simple as water."
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"Shakespeare was a man who wrote poetry. I'm a man who writes poetry. Why not compare yourself to the best?"
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"As fate would have it, Jay's status appears To be at an all-time high, perfect time to say goodbye When I come back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5."
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"Cough up a lung where I'm from marcy son, aint nothin nice"
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"Ex-D-boy, used to park my Beamer Now look at me, I can park in my own arena"
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"It was a very intense and stressful situation. There was playing in the Johnny-pump (an opened fire hydrant) and the ice-cream man coming around and all of these games that we'd play, and suddenly it would turn just violent and there would be shootings at 12 in the afternoon on any given day."
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"When people say stuff like, "Oh, that's soft rock. I don't listen to that," I find that elitist. It's music-racist."
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"Can I hit it in the morning with out giving you have of my dough?"
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"Everyone needs a chance to evolve."
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"I like a girl who spend a little cash for her shoes."
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"[Banning marriage equality is] discrimination, plain and simple. It's really not about votes. It's about people. I think it's the right thing to do as a human being."
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"People really feel like music is free, but will pay $6 for water. You can drink water free out of the tap and it's good water. But they're okay paying for it. It's just the mindset right now."
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"Hip-hop is a perfect mix between poetry and boxing."
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