"Hip-hop is the last true folk art." — Mos Def
"Hip-hop is the last true folk art."
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90 Quotes by Mos Def
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Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?
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Speech is my hammer bang the world into shape now let it fall - HUNGH
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I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I'm trying to live life in the sight of GOD's…
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They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really…
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Restlessness is my nemesis/ It's hard to just chill and sit still
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With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the…
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I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition…
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I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about.
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To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be…
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I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going…
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