--- title: "21 Hips Quotes By Nas" description: "21 Hips quotes by Nas. Plus more from Nas and more Hips sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/nas-650_died_hip-hop-ain-t-died-because-of-the-south_1454752.png" --- > [Hip-hop ain't died because of the South, that's retarded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/hip-hop-ain-t-died-because-of-the-south-that-s-retarded/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/nas-650_died_hip-hop-ain-t-died-because-of-the-south_1454752.png) > [Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/hip-hop-is-making-a-lot-of-noise-it-should-get-some-more-spotlight/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06f/nas-650_hip-hop_hip-hop-is-making-a-lot-of-noise-it-shou_3183031.png) > [Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/hip-hop-is-bigger-than-the-south-hip-hop-is-bigger-than-new-york/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/nas-650_bigger_hip-hop-is-bigger-than-the-south-hip-hop_560671.png) > [I expect the hip-hop audience to be avant garde. I want them to be where I'm at or beyond where I'm at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-expect-the-hip-hop-audience-to-be-avant-garde-i-want-them-to-be/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/nas-650_audience_i-expect-the-hip-hop-audience-to-be-avan_2130666.png) > [To me, it's an honour to be accepted as a hip hop artist, it gives me a lot of opportunity to express…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/to-me-it-s-an-honour-to-be-accepted-as-a-hip-hop-artist-it-gives-me-a/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/nas-650_accepted_to-me-it-s-an-honour-to-be-accepted-as-a_1757273.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/hip-hop-is-really-standoffish-it-s-really-competitive-and-it-s-really/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/nas-650_about_hip-hop-is-really-standoffish-it-s-reall_1996761.png) > [It's not just hip-hop that's dead. Mostly every form of American music is dead. It's been dead. R&B isn't really good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/it-s-not-just-hip-hop-that-s-dead-mostly-every-form-of-american-music/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/nas-650_american-music_it-s-not-just-hip-hop-that-s-dead-mostly_636796.png) > [There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/there-s-always-going-to-be-space-for-battle-in-hip-hop-for/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/nas-650_battle_there-s-always-going-to-be-space-for-bat_1384006.png) > [Jamaican music can be aggressive, soulful, smooth and exciting all at once - just like hip-hop. At the same time, there's nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/jamaican-music-can-be-aggressive-soulful-smooth-and-exciting-all-at/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/nas-650_aggressive_jamaican-music-can-be-aggressive-soulful_2297663.png) > [I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-think-hip-hop-could-help-rebuild-america-once-hip-hoppers-own-hip/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/nas-650_america_i-think-hip-hop-could-help-rebuild-ameri_1995428.jpg) > [Me and hip-hop have a relationship that has nothing to do with no other rapper, no matter where you from or nothing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/me-and-hip-hop-have-a-relationship-that-has-nothing-to-do-with-no/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/nas-650_hip-hop_me-and-hip-hop-have-a-relationship-that_1571614.png) > [I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-like-the-way-hip-hop-is-now-it-s-grown-up-enough-so-that-it-can-get/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/nas-650_enough_i-like-the-way-hip-hop-is-now-it-s-grown_1191796.png) > [In hip hop no one cares. No one stands up for it and it's a mess. We need order so we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/in-hip-hop-no-one-cares-no-one-stands-up-for-it-and-it-s-a-mess-we/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/nas-650_care_in-hip-hop-no-one-cares-no-one-stands-up_1236504.png) > [I think hip hop allows us to talk about everything, and Africa is what I choose to talk about now. If people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-think-hip-hop-allows-us-to-talk-about-everything-and-africa-is-what/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/nas-650_hip-hop_i-think-hip-hop-allows-us-to-talk-about_19355.jpg) > [Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/hip-hop-is-the-streets-hip-hop-is-a-couple-of-elements-that-it-comes/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/nas-650_beat_hip-hop-is-the-streets-hip-hop-is-a-coup_2230905.png) > [There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/there-needs-to-be-structures-in-place-to-do-something-about/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/nas-650_awards_there-needs-to-be-structures-in-place-to_95670.png) > [When I made Illmatic, I was trying to make the perfect album. It comes from the days of Wild Style. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/when-i-made-illmatic-i-was-trying-to-make-the-perfect-album-it-comes/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/nas-650_albums_when-i-made-illmatic-i-was-trying-to-mak_1675990.jpg) > [To me, hip-hop's been dead for years. We all should know that. With that being said, then, the object of the game…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/to-me-hip-hop-s-been-dead-for-years-we-all-should-know-that-with-that/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/nas-650_exploiting_to-me-hip-hop-s-been-dead-for-years-we-a_1047896.jpg) > [Hip hop started in NY so it's important that New Yorkers realise that to talk about NY music and its sound should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/hip-hop-started-in-ny-so-it-s-important-that-new-yorkers-realise-that/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/219/nas-650_change_hip-hop-started-in-ny-so-it-s-important_492814.jpg) > [People have stopped battling in hip hop, in the primitive sense, and the focus of the competitive element has shifted to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/people-have-stopped-battling-in-hip-hop-in-the-primitive-sense-and/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/nas-650_being-the-best_people-have-stopped-battling-in-hip-hop_3045102.png) > [Hip-hop is such an amazing thing that kids still want to do it. They're not saying, "Ugh, that's the old people's music."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/hip-hop-is-such-an-amazing-thing-that-kids-still-want-to-do-it-they/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/nas-650_amazing-things_hip-hop-is-such-an-amazing-thing-that-ki_1795885.png) ## Other authors on Hips ## More by Nas > [I need the best things in life, that's women, thats cars. Cigars in Venice, bottle on ice, thats priceless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-need-the-best-things-in-life-that-s-women-thats-cars-cigars-in/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-think-i-ve-had-the-longest-career-of-strength-focus-and-still-being/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-had-a-pretty-public-divorce-they-re-not-easy-divorces-and-it-took/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [If you scared to take chances, you'll never have the answers...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/if-you-scared-to-take-chances-you-ll-never-have-the-answers/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [Read more learn more, change the globe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/read-more-learn-more-change-the-globe/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [I think hip hop allows us to talk about everything, and Africa is what I choose to talk about now. If people are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-think-hip-hop-allows-us-to-talk-about-everything-and-africa-is-what/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [Life is short is what some n\* said, not if you measure life - by how one lives and what he did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/life-is-short-is-what-some-n-said-not-if-you-measure-life-by-how-one/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/calling-michelle-obama-barack-s-baby-mama-tell-me-is-that-acceptable/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [With age comes common sense and wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/with-age-comes-common-sense-and-wisdom/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [It's foul what this money could do, cash corrupts the loyal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/it-s-foul-what-this-money-could-do-cash-corrupts-the-loyal/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/this-morning-i-got-a-call-nearly-split-my-wig-this-social-network/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the rhythm of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-want-to-sound-like-an-instrument-i-want-my-voice-and-my-words-to/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the media talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/there-needs-to-be-structures-in-place-to-do-something-about/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [I've learned not to be surprised by what people do no more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-ve-learned-not-to-be-surprised-by-what-people-do-no-more/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) > [Nasty Nas Enterprises, mastermind, made men. My success symbolizes loyalty, great friends. Dedication, hard work, routine builds character. In a world full of snakes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/nasty-nas-enterprises-mastermind-made-men-my-success-symbolizes/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hips/nas/#itemlist", "name": "21 Hips Quotes By Nas", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hip-hop ain't died because of the South, that's retarded.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/hip-hop-ain-t-died-because-of-the-south-that-s-retarded/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/nas-650_died_hip-hop-ain-t-died-because-of-the-south_1454752.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/nas-650_died_hip-hop-ain-t-died-because-of-the-south_1454752.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df3/nas-650_died_hip-hop-ain-t-died-because-of-the-south_1454752.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hip-hop ain't died because of the South, that's retarded.” — Nas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. 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