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" I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through. "

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" Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new. "

" 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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" You can't please everybody. You'd be crazy if you're trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself. "

" My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely. "

" Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromised. It's blunt. It's raw, straight off the street - from the beat to the voice to the words. "

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

" DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing... At the end of the day, it's up to us to control and to own hip-hop. DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us. "

" I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it's a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers - whatever sound is in, we can adapt to that; there's nothing wrong with that. "

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

" I have no tattoos that I regret - I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was. "

" I don't want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I'm not perfect, and I'm just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know? "

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" GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she's fearless and she's ahead of the game. She's ahead of the entire game, and I admire that. "

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

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

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

" Marley is someone before his time, man. He's - he's almost - he's like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean? I just talk about what's going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down. "

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

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" When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I've seen out there, you know, the things that's out there that ain't good for her. It's a crazy world we live in. "

" N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New. "