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

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Hip-Hop is dead cause America is dead culturally.

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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.

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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.

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I don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.

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I don’t meditate. Silence is golden though.

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

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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 think hip hop allows us to talk about everything, and Africa is what I choose to talk about now. If people are not talking about Africa, that’s them, that’s cool, there’s nothing wrong with that. But this is who I am, this is what I have to say, this is what I have to offer.

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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.

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