Quotes by Nas

About Nas:

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and actor. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas has released eight consecutive platinum and multi-platinum albums and sold over 25 million records worldwide since 1994. He is also an entrepreneur through his own record label; he serves as associate publisher of Mass Appeal magazine and is the owner of a Fila sneaker store. He is currently signed to Mass Appeal Records.
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Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.

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With age comes common sense and wisdom.

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I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can't ask for more than that.

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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means - I love art.

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Let's not forget, art can sell. You ain't gotta front all the time on your records.

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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.

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I can't control what people think. They know who I am.

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Your look reflects what's happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.

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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.

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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that's been on my mind for the past year, the past month, t...

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The sound of the '90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street - it's a feeling.

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I've been called everything. Gangsta rap. I've been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that's on them.

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Some people say I'm conscious, some say I'm a gangsta rapper - it's just me doing me. I'm stomping in my own lane. I'm doing what I do.

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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.

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We're all Africans, everyone - black, white, yellow.

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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.

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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.

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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.

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Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.

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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me - ever.

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Author Bio

  • NameNas
  • DescriptionHip-hop artist
  • BornSeptember 14, 1973
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionRapper; Entrepreneur; Actor; Political Activist; Record Producer; Businessperson