Black Star Quotes
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With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn't just about being noticed, you know?
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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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Just because someone has great content doesn't mean you like them as a rapper.
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Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.
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Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years, it's a name that the streets taught me, a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment, and I feel I've done quite a bit with that name. [But] it's time to expand and move on.
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I have such respect for the art of deejaying. I hesitate to even call myself a deejay.
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You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings.
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If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.
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Yo, it's 1 universal law but 2 sides to every story, 3 strikes and you be in for life, mandatory. 4 MC's murdered in the last 4 years, I ain't tryin to be the 5th one, the Millennium is here. Yo, it's 6 million ways to die, from the 7 deadly thrills, 8-year olds gettin' found with 9 mill's. It's 10 P.M., where your seeds at? What's the deal?
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I got my first exposure to Islam when I was 13.
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I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who are in charge of what people see or hear are afraid. What you hear on top 40 or what you see on BET or MTV is not a fair representation of what is really going on...
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We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.
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I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.
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Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?
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You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're either devoted to your job, or to your desires. So the best way to spend your life is to try to be devoted to prayer, to Allah.
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There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.
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We commute to computers Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors We survivalists, turned to consumers.
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Crunk Feminist Collective, I think, is a noble endeavor, and any group of young women coming together to uplift women, especially being run by women of color, I have no choice but to support that. But they're dead wrong on me.
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When you shine bright, some won't enjoy the shadow you cast.
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I was kind of just too lazy to take my money out of the bank until I saw how Citi Bank responded to Occupy Wall Street.
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Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.
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We send young white boys to the Army. We're sending young black boys to the prisons.
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I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got to be a better code of conduct, some basic etiquette.
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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.