The new-school hip-hop generation exists with a mandate to 'keep it real'; this has to do with embracing a hard-nosed truth about the world and letting the chips fall where they may.

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I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could...

I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could...

Frankly I love the word 'nigga.' It is my favorite word in the English language...

Frankly I love the word 'nigga.' It is my favorite word in the English language...

Music is an ecstasy that satisfies the deepest desires and emotions in my body and...

Music is an ecstasy that satisfies the deepest desires and emotions in my body and...

I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could...

I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could...

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

Hip Hop offers new ways of seeing and understanding what it means to be black...

Hip Hop offers new ways of seeing and understanding what it means to be black...

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality.

Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality.

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is...

I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been...

I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been...

Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes...

Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes...

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one...

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one...

I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my...

I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my...

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

Culture sets apart man from barbarian, but not in all regards.

Culture sets apart man from barbarian, but not in all regards.

We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.

We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds,...

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds,...

Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?

Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?