DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing... At the end of the day, it's up to us to control… — Nas Copy Share Image
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… — Nas Copy Share Image
There was a lot of negative that was put on rappers for using the word, and I feel like we're just misunderstood.… — Nas Copy Share Image
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… — Nas Copy Share Image
I've been called everything. Gangsta rap. I've been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want… — Nas Copy Share Image
I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They're here to criticize all of us. That's just how it is.… — Nas Copy Share Image
I don't get the credit I deserve. That's why I hate doing interviews but I don't sweat it, study long, study raw.… — Nas Copy Share Image
'Stillmatic' is the rebirth of 'Illmatic,' my first debut album to come out in 1994. 'Stillmatic' is me coming full circle in… — Nas Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music… — Nas Copy Share Image
I need the best things in life, that's women, thats cars. Cigars in Venice, bottle on ice, thats priceless. — Nas Copy Share
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… — Nas Copy Share
I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through. — Nas Copy Share
I think hip hop allows us to talk about everything, and Africa is what I choose to talk about now. If people are not… — Nas Copy Share
Life is short is what some n* said, not if you measure life - by how one lives and what he did. — Nas Copy Share
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… — Nas Copy Share
This morning I got a call, nearly split my wig. This social network said Nas go and get your kid. She's on Twitter, I… — Nas Copy Share
I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the rhythm of… — Nas Copy Share
There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the media talk… — Nas Copy Share
Nasty Nas Enterprises, mastermind, made men. My success symbolizes loyalty, great friends. Dedication, hard work, routine builds character. In a world full of snakes,… — Nas Copy Share
