All on the street, you get treated like a street cat: "All right, you've been eatin' enough, you're fat, get out of the way now and let somebody else come by."
NasAmerica is a melting pot for all different groups of people, historically. And it's rare that the story of all of these people will be told in the history books. So I always felt I had to find out my history for myself and research my roots.
NasTo me, it's an honour to be accepted as a hip hop artist, it gives me a lot of opportunity to express myself.
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