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" Calling Michelle 'Obama Barack's baby mama?' Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren't the only targets. Fox's pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people. "

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" Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career. "

" No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean? "

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

" I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me. I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me. "

" When I say 'hip-hop is dead,' basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead. "

" Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle. "

" I don't get jealousy, I don't get how people hate each other - I never did. "

" I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it. "

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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, the past week, whatever; I write it. "

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

" There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn't know how many people would respect it. "

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

" I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future. I'm a big fan of Common. I'm a big fan of Scarface; I'm a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to... well, there are a lot of people's music that I respect. I don't know who I will collaborate with, but there's a great chance of something happening. "

" I'll always love rap, no matter what's going on. "

" I'm not talking about Russia in my music. I've never been to Russia. I'm not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China. I'm talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life. "

" The flaws, the mistakes I make - that's the real me. "

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

" Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy. "

" Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand. "

" Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what's me. "

" I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is. There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that's what it's all about in the end - everybody being happy and working it out. "

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

" Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it's time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up. "

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" Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest. "

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

" I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing. "

" With age comes common sense and wisdom. "

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

" I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it. "