Nas: “We don’t chase pop, pop chases us” (Video Interview)

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The UK fam over at Soul Culture had a chance to sit down with Nasir during the British leg of his current tour.

“I just don’t understand when you get commercial success and then you think that’s all you are. When you come from something else, at first that’s a great sound too – bring it to that, don’t go backwards. But go forward and remind yourself; go back to your ABCs. Because this thing is bigger than us as individuals, so go back to the individual in you that loved this thing.”

“I can’t listen to a lot of stuff today because I know there’s a goal behind it, to tell me to be a popstar. Why do you care? We don’t chase pop, pop chases us. And when you do it like that you can shift the game. So I’m here to inspire.”

Below is some bonus Instagrammery yours truly shot during the tour’s stop in Amsterdam. Yes, it was dope. Life Is Good and the album of the same name is out today.

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1982 was when Jaap van der Doelen aka J.Monkey shot his way out his mom dukes. A mere two years later he was already battling Big Brother and The Illuminati. Whenever he has time to spare from those efforts he writes (about music, mostly), hosts a radio show and designs graphics for a living. He lives in The Netherlands where he continues to be winning.

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