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Electro is today's disco - making electronic music not for the sake of selling it but for sharing it and touring around the world D.J.-ing.
Money is part of the game, but let's take this music as musicians to the next level, don't be recycling beats over and over and over again.
There was a time when I was making a lot of money and moving very fast. I didn't like who I was. I could tell by the company I was keeping.
You learn how to be an individual quick after 15 schools, man. After the first five or six, you realize you're always gonna be the new kid.
When I'm driving, you have a different feeling when the police get behind you and you're not even breaking the law. The tension is so high.
I ain't want my kids to grow up and call me Thug. I don't want anybody to kind of look at me like that. So I'm gonna just use my real name.
Living in New York, you get a lot of confidence; when I go back to Michigan, I realise how obnoxious and demanding and straightforward I am.
You need a screwdriver for screws and a hammer for nails. Anybody that's trying to screw in a nail with a screwdriver… that ain't too smart.
I think it's difficult for people to understand that when you come from an impoverished background you're very limited in the way you think.
The way to judge a new artist is by listening to their albums and gauging the progress that they make from the first record to the next one.
I love kids. Every time I go around people neighborhood, they're like, 'Biz! Yo Gabba Gabba!' They want me to beatbox all the time for them.
I was one of the first artists to make a buzz about '106 & Park.' If it wasn't for that show, I wouldn't be the entertainer that I am today.
You gonna ask me who I compare myself to? Nobody. I don't think nobody can really mess with me as far as flyness or anything that I'm doing.
I read 'Holes' in 10th grade, and I haven't read a full book since. The movie version with Shia LaBeouf was OK, but the book was way better.
You do get certain publications in the States where, if things don't go according to plan, they flip the story and it becomes very negative.
Slang is really coded talk. I can say a few things, in front of somebody, that only people who know what I'm saying are going to pick up on.
Some people be game-goofy and words don't sound right coming out of their mouthpiece. But whenever E-40 says something it's just solidified.
I stopped watching TV because of 'The Wire.' Like, 'The Wire' ruined everything for me because I don't even want to watch anything else now.
We go after legacies because we just know that, sooner or later, people will understand what we bring to this culture and bring to the game.
There's some dudes that did Gangsta Grillz tapes who probably weren't worthy of it - their label just put up the bread, or they did a favor.
You know that I can make hits. You know I can do all these rap records. So, I'm going to start opening up and letting you know my struggles.
I want my money to be different. I'm not trying to have rapper money. My goal is to be able to get everything from the world that I can get.
Overall, Korean pop serves as the foundation of my musical upbringing. As a result, the melodies that I create just exude that type of vibe.
Anybody can make hood music or club records, that's not hard. But can you make music that touch people's souls. That's what I was out to do.
For me to be where I'm at now - you know what I'm saying? - a multimillionaire and to help other people be multimillionaires - I'm so proud.
AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you think won't happen to you. It can happen to you and it's deadly serious.
King Abdullah has died. A divisive figure in the Middle East. The sad irony is that the USA preached democracy in the face of absolute rule.
But nothing will ever change if we keep pretend. People 'live out loud', as you say, not merely for themselves but for a more honest future.
The Temple of Hip-Hop makes sure that we don't just approach hip-hop just through music or through rap. We approach the totality of hip-hop.
I love the church, the church that God is establishing, that Jesus died for, so I'll never have any negative things to say about His church.
If one person reaches out to me, who am I not to reach back? Even if it takes me a year to reply, they do get that message and they feel it.
I ain't acting when I'm on stage. That's why all the little love bugs who'll come and see me at Lovebox love me. They know it's the real me.
We're not hard-core feminists. We like men and we like to have fun with them. But we also want men to think about females in different ways.
I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free. Know what I'm saying? Move past the fear.
I just keep getting inspired to believe that dreams come true and anything can happen, 'cause I've watched so many impossible things happen.
I want to hear the artist. I want to hear them give me something that I can relate to, other than the fact that everything's about bragging.
N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New.
I can rap in a London accent, make weird faces, wear spandex, wigs, and black lipstick. I can be more creative than the average male rapper.
Obama represents one-world government, a.k.a. Neocolonialism. Presidents don't change anything locally - they only deal with foreign policy.
To me it's very important to be a leader not a follower. Sometimes it takes balls and heart to do that. Sometimes it's not that east to say.
The Internet had been a BIG help with my career. My advice to musicians, Internet is the key. It gets your music heard all across the world.
I wasn't nervous at all. I applied the same amount of efforts to the love scenes as I did to the skating and the acting and everything else.
I've seen how much effort has to go into a tour, the performance and also how to look after yourself, not just physically, but mentally too.
I dropped out of school; I got fired from my job. Those were my roughest moments, but I always knew through it that I was going to be great.
We are being wiped off the face of this earth At an extremely alarming rate And even more alarming is the fact That we are not fighting back
Sometimes I say stuff to relate to people. It just really depends, because you don't have to be one type of artist and talk about one thing.
You don't have to be a certain thing to be cool. If you're white, you don't have to act black or whatever. Just be you and know who you are.
I grew up in a Caribbean family household, so the parents are always right. My father smacked me up til I was 20. It was a strict household.
If an offer comes my way, I would love to sing in every Indian language. It will be like an ode to my fans from every corner of the country.
I'm naturally a nice person. I'm not trying to have any problems with people. I'm done with the drama and trouble. I want a stress-free life.