The average man can't prove most of the things that he chooses to speak of, and still won't research and find out the root of the truth that you seek of

I'm a fan of hip hop music, so I always used a hip hop element in my music anyway.

I love hip-hop music, ... It's rebel music is how I like to speak about it. Hip-hop and reggae come from the same community as far as class...they both come from the bottom of society.

Did you know that I exist before the earth and did you know my eyes are windows to the world.

Music is not like sports, where you can go and do a hundred reps in a gym and come out and be all buffed up.

Nas is someone who can communicate with the streets and can still keep it real in terms of being human, he doesn't try to be this super perfect person, but has respect for his history and for his ancestors and for spirituality. So Nas always displayed that in his music, while at the same time keeping it hard and something that you can relate to.

A revolution is to bring on change and we're spiritual people trying to bring on spiritual change. It might sound like I'm a dreamer, but economic models have reached their height of evolution. Technology has evolved. What hasn't evolved is mankind's spirituality; everything is from 3,000 years ago.