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. — Nas Copy Share Image
When I say 'hip-hop is dead,' basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead. — Nas Copy Share Image
There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game. — Nas Copy Share Image
I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels… — Nas Copy Share Image
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. — 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
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
'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
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
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'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
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
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… — Nas Copy Share Image
I think you gotta always do things that keep you excited in an [rap music] industry that's so bullshit. When you know… — 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 think hip hop allows us to talk about everything, and Africa is what I choose to talk about now. If people… — Nas Copy Share Image
I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future. I'm a big fan of Common. I'm a big fan… — Nas Copy Share Image
Some people say I'm saying what they wanna say. Some people don't agree. Some people are outraged. Some people want to see… — Nas Copy Share Image
Hip hop started in NY so it's important that New Yorkers realise that to talk about NY music and its sound should… — Nas Copy Share Image
You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it's like you can hear, you know, the slaves… — Nas Copy Share Image
When I made Illmatic, I was trying to make the perfect album. It comes from the days of Wild Style. I was… — Nas Copy Share Image
Hip-hop ain't died because of the South, that's retarded. When I named the album originally, I thought I bit off more than… — Nas Copy Share Image
Mostly every form of American music is dead. It's been dead. R&B isn't really good. You got a handful of great guys… — Nas Copy Share Image
Nas, my real name, stage name, same thing. How could you let these lames claim king. — Nas Copy Share Image
I just appreciate what Andre 3000 has done musically - just the bravery. I think Andre 3000 may be one of the… — Nas Copy Share Image
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… — Nas Copy Share Image
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
Romanian ladies like Casablanca, Casbah. 'Cept we in the VIP area, that's ours. You know the real rap gods, typical trap star… — Nas Copy Share Image
Me and hip-hop have a relationship that has nothing to do with no other rapper, no matter where you from or nothing.… — Nas Copy Share Image
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… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Life is short is what some n* said, not if you measure life - by how one lives and what he did. — Nas Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“I think you gotta always do things that keep you excited in an [rap music] industry that's so bullshit. When you know that you have so much energy and so much to give, it would be a shame if the facilitators of that aren't enthusiastic about you doing it, because you've been doing it for so long…” quote by Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aff/nas-650_bullshit_i-think-you-gotta-always-do-things-that_1957227.jpg)
