American - Musician | December 11, 1973 -
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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I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going by Yasiin since '99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now I'm declaring it openly.
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Hip-hop is the last true folk art.
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I don't have advice for people on how to dress. People should dress based on what they find beautiful. My best advice: Keep your clothes clean.
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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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To me, playing an instrument and singing, all of these different things are just as natural to me as rhyming.
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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.
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I got my first exposure to Islam when I was 13.
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If 'Life in Marvelous Times' can't get on the radio, then I don't need to be on the radio.
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In the early '90s, when I really started to find my voice, I was reading a lot of books, and I was moved by the writers, like Chinua Achebe, and I wanted to be able to write rhymes that were as potent as what I was reading.
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