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Based means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive.
I've seen a lot of people stealing from what I do. Some people show love and say thank you and tell me how I was an inspired for them.
That's one thing about me: I'm not greedy. I buy things for my friends if I buy them for myself. I make sure my friend's rent is paid.
One thing about me is that I'm very much like the Black Madonna. I love to reinvent myself and that's because I am a very free person.
I don't really leave my house too much, 'cause I don't like... it's funny, I don't really like to be high and famous at the same time.
I've always had this female-empowerment thing in the back of my mind - because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn't be.
At the time I wasn’t really familiar with Caucasians and he got me up out of that ’cause they regular people just like everybody else.
Yeah, me and Q-Tip is cool outside of the business, but you know, within the business sometimes it can get ugly, you know what I mean?
With Mobb Deep, we have to agree on things. We have to agree that we want to use that beat or agree on the type of song we want to do.
Basically, I've always raised my kids that people learn from their mistakes, and every father wants their kids to be better than them.
Some experiences can give you a chip on your shoulder, but they also teach you the value of independence and looking out for yourself.
Before Eminem, the idea that there would be a white rapper that anybody would really check for was fantastic or amazing or impossible.
I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.
With the mega-fame came the mega-downfall - you know, with the press and everything - and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
I want people to be like, 'Your album's just as good as Kendrick [Lamar]'s or Esperanza Spalding or Beck. I work just as hard as them.
I'm insecure about things. I'm not afraid to say it, though. Even when my publicist is like, 'Go on the red carpet,' I don't wanna go.
South Africa, it's like the little asshole of the whole world - it's, like, the bottom. It's, like, in the dark depths of the hallway.
Keep bustin about where you rest, and what you own, and what you drive. So the day some niggaz come for you, I'm really not surprised.
When you glorify yourself to the point where you can't relate to a regular person, then you distort your expectations and your values.
I think you could get a good accountant, but I think I am the best accountant for me. Can't nobody count my money like I can count it.
I am glad that my fan believed in me and stood by me in my hard times and continued to enjoy my songs. That's the real victory for me.
That's the strange thing about making a record. You can be in one mood for an hour, put it on a record, and you're remembered that way.
I want to encourage Filipino artists to be original, write your own songs and don't be afraid to go outside the box and try new things.
I was just a kid. I had nothing to my name but I was still happy. But I was also given a chance to pursue my dreams, have an education.
I don't want people to get the impression that I just got money and now I'm cocky, because I'm not. I'm just a little overly confident.
I'm inspired by the fact that for every kid we see committed to crime, there's kids determined to go to uni and not follow their peers.
I don't want to be the guy that's sitting here, calling somebody and telling them their dream. I want to be in the seat of the founder.
Find like-minded people and try not to be individualized to the point where you try to fight it all and think about it all on your own.
Jupiter, Pluto, pick a planet: we can go there. I just got a bit more work to do in the music industry, and we're going to space, baby.
G-Rock from the Westside, from Allen Temple. He gave my name, The Future; he was like, 'Man, you the future.' Just stuck with the name.
I have to say I really was surprised on my first world tour. It was amazing to see what we've always dreamed of, right before our eyes.
I stand on stage hoping to give good energy to the audience, but if I cannot give good energy anymore, I will have to leave right away.
I have a very small physique, so it's a little hard to find suits that really fit me well. I have to wear sizes that are really skinny.
For whatever reason, it's easier to perform in front of a massive crowd than in front of a small one, but again, that's how we came up.
I wanted to make an album that plays from the top to bottom and feels together and complete. That's just something that felt important.
I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. That's not what I grew up around.
Def Jam just made deals with me. They wouldn't let me go because they didn't really have that much street cred. So they kept me around.
If it wasn't for the Internet, I wouldn't be here. I'd probably be rapping, but I wouldn't be well known if it wasn't for the Internet.
I want to be remembered as an artist who was really passionate about his work. And as an inspiration. I do what I do to inspire people.
That's what I used to do; I would just go into the studio and just rap. But it's all about coming up with dope concepts and dope hooks.
People like to come support when somebody's gone, people wanna show all the love, but they didn't wanna show the love when he was here.
The most amazing feeling I feel Words can't describe what I'm feeling for real Maybe I paint the sky blue My greatest creation was you.
New York - I'm connected. This is my core. I feel like if I'm not connected to New York, then I don't even know what to do with myself.
I was a caddy. I also worked as a bouncer, selling Christmas trees at Frank's Nursery and before that, selling what they normally sell.
I love making music. I never stop. I want to keep it moving forward. I like to go into the studio and make hits. It makes me feel good.
To me, Toronto is a good party city, I think Vancouver has the best smoke, you know. And then, Montreal has the best..uh..Chinese food?
A lot of times, we believe what the media says about us or what our awards or accolades say about us instead of what God says about us.
I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me so I have to cover all the areas with my album.
We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference.
I feel like I made it already, because I got already what everybody on the corners of the neighborhood I grew up in is striving to get.