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Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, peopl...more

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No, I'm not interested in politics. I have zero interest. I have interest in hope and people.

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Racism is taught in the home. We agree on that? Well, it's very hard to teach racism to a teenager who's listening to rap music and who idolizes, say,...more

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Only God can judge me so I'm gone, either love me or leave me alone.

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I've always believed in good music over bad music. I believe in two sorts of musics. And the lines that separate us, I don't believe in that. That's f...more

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Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, and Obama himself, reached out to me and asked for m...more

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A poet's mission is to make words do more work than they normally do, to make them work on more than one level.

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You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you.

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Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.