Best Nipsey Quotes & Sayings

My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years. But as I got older, my pops tried to keep me involved with the culture by telling me the stories of the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, how he came to America, and about our family back home, because all that side of my family, my aunties, grandparents, is in Africa. — Nipsey Hussle

If you 35, 28, or 30 years old, and you decide you're gonna pick up a rag and start bangin', and you can look yourself in the mirror and you still feel like you're a man? That's cool, do your thing. — Nipsey Hussle

I respect Snoop even aside from the music, just as a man, and especially the way he still represents who he is, after being a pop star and an icon. He's done it successfully and has still been able to balance it. — Nipsey Hussle

I didn't wanna be looked at as no idiot, and I didn't wanna feel like I was uneducated, because I really stopped going to school at 15. I was never ignorant, as far as being experienced in classrooms and learning about different subjects and actually soaking it up, so I checked into college for a little bit. — Nipsey Hussle

[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. — Nipsey Hussle

If you owe too much on American Express,
and your Diner's Club notes are too hard,
take a loan on your Visa,
and pay it off with your MasterCard! — Nipsey Russell

All the smart money got they bets on me / And all the real niggas wish the best for me — Nipsey Hussle

I'm more focused on giving solutions and inspiration more than anything. — Nipsey Hussle

I start with the joke line and write backward. — Nipsey Russell

If you don't know your full-throttle history, the whole story of how you came to where you are, it's kind of hard to put things together. — Nipsey Hussle

The kids are saying 'Make Love, Not War',
and I'm beginning to think they're right.
For war costs millions of dollars a day,
and love
just a few bucks a night! — Nipsey Russell

Pro and con are opposites, that fact is clearly seen. If progress means to move forward, then what does congress mean? — Nipsey Russell

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. — Nipsey Hussle

And it's possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce. — Nipsey Hussle

On a mission your worst enemy is idle time. — Nipsey Hussle

I'm all for ERA. I want to see women equal to men - not so damn superior like they've been. — Nipsey Russell

My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. It was my first record and you had Michael Jackson, Ted Ross, Nipsey Russell and Diana Ross on it. I even took it to show and tell in third grade! — Jill Scott

A lot of artists come into the game with a radio record, but they don't establish the fans as fans of their style of music. It's just that they're a fan of that song, and after that song plays out, it's real hard for 'em. — Nipsey Hussle

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. — Nipsey Hussle