Rapper Quotes by Nas

Big up to Flex. Stop taking so much cizock in his mizouth.

— Nas

I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners

— Nas

Somehow the rap game remind me of the crack game

— Nas

I think more people want to be rappers than anything else.

— Nas

Hip-hop ain't died because of the South, that's retarded.

— Nas

Dogs live longer than rappers.

— Nas

I'll always love rap, no matter what's going on.

— Nas

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

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

Nas, my real name, stage name, same thing. How could you let these lames claim king.

— Nas

Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.

— Nas

When I say 'hip-hop is dead,' basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.

— Nas

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

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

— Nas

Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.

— Nas

Romanian ladies like Casablanca, Casbah. 'Cept we in the VIP area, that's ours. You know the real rap gods, typical trap star…

— Nas

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

Me and hip-hop have a relationship that has nothing to do with no other rapper, no matter where you from or nothing.…

— Nas

The big stars in rap, they were too big, so when my rap generation started, it was about bringing you inside my…

— Nas

N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's…

— Nas

To me, hip-hop's been dead for years. We all should know that. With that being said, then, the object of the game…

— Nas

People have stopped battling in hip hop, in the primitive sense, and the focus of the competitive element has shifted to the…

— Nas

In hip hop no one cares. No one stands up for it and it's a mess. We need order so we can…

— Nas

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

Hip hop started in NY so it's important that New Yorkers realise that to talk about NY music and its sound should…

— Nas

You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it's like you can hear, you know, the slaves…

— Nas

When I made Illmatic, I was trying to make the perfect album. It comes from the days of Wild Style. I was…

— Nas

There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the…

— Nas

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

I think you gotta always do things that keep you excited in an [rap music] industry that's so bullshit. When you know…

— Nas

I think hip hop allows us to talk about everything, and Africa is what I choose to talk about now. If people…

— Nas

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

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

There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game.

— Nas

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."…

— Nas

With rap music, because it's all so on the street, you get treated like a street cat: "All right, you've been eatin'…

— Nas

Hip-hop artist, especially the older ones, are the ones who new hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so…

— Nas

There was a lot of negative that was put on rappers for using the word, and I feel like we're just misunderstood.…

— Nas

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

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