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I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.

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I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this.

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I feel like I was the only person who was capable of making this type of music in this type of way. I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.

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I'm a passionate person. I'm a lot of things, like most people are. Most people are dynamic. The focus is not on me though, I'm a screen. The aim is to always keep myself in the position where the screen is clear.

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African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.

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I believe the projects were a social experiment; we were laboratory rats stacked on top of each other, and people just knew, inherently, that there was something wrong. There's not a lot of regard for the property by the residents.

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But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.

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Reckless capitalism kills black people.

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I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.

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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: December 11th, 1973

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