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KRS-One
American
Musician
Born:
Aug 20
,
1965
Hip-Hop
Me
Music
People
You
Yourself
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I'm hoping to make the kind of difference in my lifetime that allows me to be remembered positively.
KRS-One
Me
Positively
Kind
Hoping
Lifetime
Remembered
Make
Difference
I'm here to inspire young people to be part of the most magnificent culture on earth: hip-hop.
KRS-One
Culture
People
Inspire
Young
Earth
Magnificent
Part
Most
Hip-Hop
Young People
Here
Religion and God are totally separate. Religion is created by government. God is God.
KRS-One
God
Government
Religion
Totally
Created
Separate
No child is racist. A child is born, and then they go through the educational system.
KRS-One
System
Born
Through
Go
Educational
Child
Then
No one ever really talks about the punk-rock involvement in hip-hop, which influenced Afrika Bambaata.
KRS-One
About
No-One
Involvement
Talks
Hip-Hop
Influenced
Which
Really
Ever
The only time you had blacks, whites, and Latinos jamming together was in hip-hop. It's an unsung history.
KRS-One
Time
History
You
Together
Latinos
Blacks
Only
Only Time
Had
Unsung
Hip-Hop
Jamming
Whites
The idea of New Zealanders sounding like Americans is not it. You got to rhyme in your language, your accent.
KRS-One
You
Language
Idea
New
Like
Accent
Got
American
Rhyme
Your
I'm the most humble rapper in the industry.
KRS-One
Humble
Rapper
Most
Industry
If you vote for evil, you are evil yourself.
KRS-One
You
Vote
Yourself
Evil
Every generation brings its own presentation of what hip-hop is to them.
KRS-One
Generation
Own
Every
Hip-Hop
Them
Brings
Presentation
Every ten years, we get a new old school. In 1987, we thought 1977 was the best era in hip-hop. Here we are in 2007, and we're discussing '97/'98, when 50 Cent just started.
KRS-One
Best
School
Old
Thought
Every
Ten
Ten Years
New
Hip-Hop
Era
Years
Discussing
Get
Just
Cent
Old School
Here
Started
Hip Hop is an idea. It is the pursuit of one's authentic being through the arts. It is not a physical thing; it is an attitude - even an aptitude.
KRS-One
Attitude
Aptitude
Hop
Physical
Physical Thing
Through
Pursuit
Idea
Hip
Hip-Hop
Authentic
Arts
Being
Even
Thing
Original hip hop manipulated technologies of all sorts; it was not manipulated by the technology itself.
KRS-One
Technology
Hop
Sort
Hip
Hip-Hop
Itself
Manipulated
Original
Technologies
Young people may be stupid at times, but they respond to the truth when it is present, and for them, KRS-One is the truth!
KRS-One
Truth
People
Stupid
Young
Respond
Times
May
Young People
Them
Present
I flew everywhere for the first 10 years of my career, and I started to not like commercial transport. I just don't feel safe.
KRS-One
First
Everywhere
Feel
Like
Safe
Years
Commercial
Just
Flew
Transport
Started
Career
How can you call yourself a cosmopolitan modern person if you don't know what hip-hop is?
KRS-One
You
Yourself
Cosmopolitan
Know
Call
How
Hip-Hop
Person
Modern
Graffiti art brings you back to your human skills - your spirit and what your being is really about.
KRS-One
Art
You
Back
Spirit
About
Human
Being
Really
Skills
Your
Brings
I would say my flow is Aboriginal. Look at my face, nose, lips, and eyes.
KRS-One
Eyes
Face
Say
Would
Aboriginal
Look
Lips
Nose
Flow
In one sense, I wanted to study philosophy and theology, getting into the history of the Bible. I went through that for, like, two years while I took a desk job at Warners. It was very depressing but exhilarating at the same time.
KRS-One
Time
History
Bible
Job
Sense
Took
Philosophy
Through
Study
Like
Exhilarating
Years
Very
Same
Getting
Same Time
The History Of
Wanted
While
Depressing
Theology
Two
Desk
I kind of backed into rap music. I thought I was going to do comic books or graphic art.
KRS-One
Music
Art
Thought
Books
Backed
Rap
Rap Music
Kind
Comic
Comic Books
Going
Graphic
I don't sell millions of records. As a matter of fact, I'm not even interested in selling millions of records. I enjoy MCing. I make a decent amount of money. I can feed my kids. I keep a roof over my head. I don't have to sell a million records to maintain my lifestyle.
KRS-One
Money
Matter
Roof
Enjoy
Kids
Records
Fact
Lifestyle
Head
Feed
Maintain
Over
Make
Sell
Selling
Decent
Interested
Even
Keep
Amount
Million
Millions
DMX - everything this brother spits is hot. Everything. This is the heat right here. When I stand next to MCs, this is who I wanna stand next to.
KRS-One
Everything
Brother
Hot
Heat
Wanna
Next
Stand
Who
Right
Here
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