Quotes from Nipsey Hussle

I will never say something I don't agree with or believe in... even if the reward is massive!

I believe that we should own the fruits of our labor and the assets of our creations.

You listen to Charlie Parker or John Coltrane before they found their voice, they sounded different. And when you listen to them after they found their voice on their instruments, they sound more confident and in control. Artists have that, too.

My career as Nipsey Hussle is based on my life as Ermias Asghedom.

I pay attention to politics and technology.

I say that in the most humble way: I always knew that I could perform with the best of 'em and I could deliver with the best of 'em.

If I inspire you, pay for it, period.

Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God.

We don't want to wait on someone to hire us and give us a check. We want to create our own opportunities.

I'm at peace with what I'm doing, I feel good with what I wake up doing and about my lifestyle.

I actually met The Game in my hood on Crenshaw and Slauson. I was outside on the block with 20 of my homies. I see the Range Rover, and we all walked up to his car. I handed him my CD.

As much as I'm a black person from America, I'm a black person from Africa, too.

I respect Soulja Boy.

Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it's happening.

I want to thank my Eritrean fans for feeling connected to me and for supporting me. I feel extremely grateful.

My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years.

If it wasn't for the music bein' my outlet, I'd probably be hustlin', I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to go and get a nine-to-five, I never finished high school or none of that.

I'm focusing on the music, but I still got a cold library of books that I've either read or I plan on getting to.

Your parents are supposed to tell you to make decisions that are gonna help you and that'll have a positive effect on your life and your well-being.

My thing is that I don't give no person that much power over my path that I'm walking. Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God.

[In Eritrea] in key positions - president, government, police - everybody's the same [color]. It's a country run by its people. No racial class, everybody feels a part of it.

If you've got a plan, it's not just like a pipe dream. You have a step-by-step list of things to do to get to your goal.

In 2013, the week before I dropped 'Crenshaw,' 'Complex' wrote an article that said that Nipsey Hussle is one of the top 25 underperforming artists. I was so offended that I responded with my own opinion about these journalists - their point of view is not validated in our culture.

I grew up in an environment where being polite was taken as a weakness. So I just fought everybody.