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"At 24 I decided that my life is enough for me, and I stopped looking for some other piece to complete it. I also learned how to needlepoint ironic cross-stitches of rap lyrics and gave them to my friends as presents. I’ll let you decide which is the more important revelation."
"God damn! Drug dealers dealin' to the kiddies, Livin' in the city ain't no pity on the itty-bitty. We try to cry, but still they all die, I try to speak to the youth, and the truth is: they all high."
"Thanks for comin out, God bless you, good night... What of fame? Everyone knows your face, the world screams your name And never again, are you alone..."
"I listen to music for emotion and I get zero emotion from rap."
"I think rap definitely has its place in the art world. I think it is an art form. But, just like any art form, you can misuse it."
"We headed to hell for heaven sakes, well Imma levitate...make the devil wait."
"It wasn't until I hung out with Dead Prez and understood how to make, you know, raps with a message sound cool that I was able to just write "All Falls Down" in 15 minutes."
"We culture. Rap is the new rock 'n roll. We the rockstars. It's been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane!"
"Rap music came along and saved my life. I started to tell the stories of the streets and that was my way out."
"I don't have to put out another rap record. I can do it at my casual pace."
"I want to be able to say that a rap career could be ten albums."
"Rap is always evolving. It's easy for the old school to hate the new school, but it's a music that got a little stifled I think, by the Internet a little bit."
"I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat."
"Rapping is talking and communicating, and that's always good."
"You ask me, "Did I like Arsenio?" About as much as the Bicentennial."
"As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me a track and I'll write a rap over it."
"Props is a true thug's wife."
"I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners"
"The big stars in rap, they were too big, so when my rap generation started, it was about bringing you inside my apartment. It wasn't about being a rap star; it was about anything other than."
"Think I'll roll another number for the road"
