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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" No one's promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records. "

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

" 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. "

" Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I want to have fun. It's a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up. "

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

" 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'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. "

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

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

" I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, 'Life is good,' to the world. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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? "

" I don't have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission. "

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

" 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. "

" When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect; you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend. "

" 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. "