Nipsey Hussle Quotes

‘Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘It sounds simple telling people to work hard and never quit, but to really execute and demonstrate those principles takes discipline and faith. Those are the two factors that I believe separate the good from the great, the successes from the failures.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Not one person can make or break what I’m doing, except me or God.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I’m doing, you know what I mean? And I think what’s gon’ separate whoever’s gon go for something, that you ain’t gon’ quit.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it’s happening.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I’m at peace with what I’m doing, I feel good with what I wake up doing and about my lifestyle.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Premature certainty is the enemy of the truth.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘You’ve got to have faith in what you’re doing and not take no for an answer.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I don’t ever make moves under pressure.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.’ – Nipsey Hussle

”Victory Lap,’ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I realized the power of hip-hop. I realized how influential this music and this culture are.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘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.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I believe that we should own the fruits of our labor and the assets of our creations.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I always had faith in my creative capacity.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I think everybody’s trying to get to a place in themselves where they conquer what they was afraid of; they achieve some of their life goals, kept their word about what they were trying to do.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Material things ain’t nothing. You feel me? At the end of the day, it’s who you is. You wasn’t born with it; you gon’ die without it.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Any time a country transitioned to a fiat currency, they collapsed. That’s just world history; you don’t have to know about cryptocurrency to know that.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I intend to inspire people with my story: motivate young people that grew up like myself, or even not like myself. Just, you know, go through the human experience.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘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.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘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

‘My life is real.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘You’re not going to scare me into being somebody I don’t want to be.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Thought is powerful in all phases. Even in my career, even in my life, things end up exactly how I visualized them.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I got an album concept called ‘Exit Strategy,’ that might be one of my last ones. It’s a term they use in business when you build companies. You create an exit strategy as you make a company. You don’t wait till you’re five years in it; you create a exit strategy as you make the company.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Black people in America, people from the struggle, immigrants, it’s no generational wealth that we are attached to, so we are tasked to create – in one generation – closing the gap. That’s why we so Doomsday about getting to the check: ’cause it’s life or death for real.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘It sounds simple telling people to work hard and never quit, but to really execute and demonstrate those principles takes discipline and faith. Those are the two factors that I believe separate the good from the great, the successes from the failures.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Not one person can make or break what I’m doing, except me or God.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I’m doing, you know what I mean? And I think what’s gon’ separate whoever’s gon go for something, that you ain’t gon’ quit.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it’s happening.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I’m at peace with what I’m doing, I feel good with what I wake up doing and about my lifestyle.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Premature certainty is the enemy of the truth.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘You’ve got to have faith in what you’re doing and not take no for an answer.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I don’t ever make moves under pressure.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.’ – Nipsey Hussle

”Victory Lap,’ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I realized the power of hip-hop. I realized how influential this music and this culture are.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘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.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I believe that we should own the fruits of our labor and the assets of our creations.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I always had faith in my creative capacity.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I think everybody’s trying to get to a place in themselves where they conquer what they was afraid of; they achieve some of their life goals, kept their word about what they were trying to do.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Material things ain’t nothing. You feel me? At the end of the day, it’s who you is. You wasn’t born with it; you gon’ die without it.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Any time a country transitioned to a fiat currency, they collapsed. That’s just world history; you don’t have to know about cryptocurrency to know that.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I intend to inspire people with my story: motivate young people that grew up like myself, or even not like myself. Just, you know, go through the human experience.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘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.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘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

‘My life is real.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘You’re not going to scare me into being somebody I don’t want to be.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Thought is powerful in all phases. Even in my career, even in my life, things end up exactly how I visualized them.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I got an album concept called ‘Exit Strategy,’ that might be one of my last ones. It’s a term they use in business when you build companies. You create an exit strategy as you make a company. You don’t wait till you’re five years in it; you create a exit strategy as you make the company.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Black people in America, people from the struggle, immigrants, it’s no generational wealth that we are attached to, so we are tasked to create – in one generation – closing the gap. That’s why we so Doomsday about getting to the check: ’cause it’s life or death for real.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I’m not in it for fame. I’ve been famous in the streets already.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘We represent a hustler. I think we represent inspiration. I think we represent, you know, staying down. I think we represent building yourself up from the bootstraps.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I built a company at the same time I built a career.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘One pillar to wealth is having residual income.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘At the core, one of my original goals is to redefine what the streets expect.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘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

‘I try to sprinkle a little gems and jewels in the music that people could use in their own life.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘It’s not called quitting if you quit while you ahead. It’s about being aware and being strategic enough to know that you got to get out the pool at some point. You got to put your clothes back on and dry off.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I identify myself as a hustler since I was a young kid.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘If I inspire you, pay for it, period.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I’m the type person, my safe place to be emotional is the booth.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I think you can give a pure artistic product if you understand how to build your own industry.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I believe that economics is based on scarcity of markets. And it’s possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘It was always a plan that we were going to have a retail side with what were doing musically, like an Apple store or Nike Town. I wanted something where you can come get everything – ‘Marathon’ or ‘All Money’ or ‘Crenshaw’ – and make it like an experience. Especially with what Crenshaw and Slauson meant to my story.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I always wanted to do things right and represent myself as somebody that took the art serious and someone that took the business serious also, so I had time to weigh the options and figure it out and do my best to create the situation that was ideal.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘L.A. hip-hop is so different; it’s so diverse. Out here, it’s, like, funk-inspired; it’s, like, ’70s-skating-rink-inspired at times. It’s Zapp-and-Roger-inspired; it’s house-party-era-inspired.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘The artist part of me always wants to be appreciated. I read every review. But I never wanted to seek validation by awards or anything controlled by politics.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘When you say ‘follow me on Twitter,’ and you get 10 million people to follow you – you just leveraged your influence to add value to an app that you have no ownership in.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I grew up in an environment where being polite was taken as a weakness. So I just fought everybody.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Every artist wants something different out the game.’ – Nipsey Hussle

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

”Victory’ is like, you won, so the question is, what? What did you win? I think that the songs go into that. It’s just about reaching a place in myself.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Anybody that doesn’t like Cardi B a hater!’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I like Cardi B!’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘My music is influenced by L.A. culture.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I want to thank my Eritrean fans for feeling connected to me and for supporting me. I feel extremely grateful.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘The reason children accept discipline from their parents is because they know their parents love them.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘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. I took classes at a community college in West L.A. I took psychology, English, and philosophy.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘One of my mentors schooled me on branding before it was a cliche term in the game.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘If you’re going to write about rap music and hip-hop, and you don’t love it, then we don’t need your opinion, and we revoke your opinion.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘It’s important to love in hip hop.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I really am a fan of Ye’s music.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I think Ye is important to hip-hop.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘As an entrepreneur, as an investor, I’m trying to be as educated as I can to where the progression of technological capability is going and what it does to these different categories that, me as an artist and an influencer, I can get involved and bring value.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘When I first stopped going to high school, I was about 15, 16. It had to be, like, 2000, 2001.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘We don’t want to wait on someone to hire us and give us a check. We want to create our own opportunities.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I seen a lot of artists be hot for a minute, and then that’s it, and somebody else come in.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I think that every artist – or anybody that’s in business – could benefit from a direct-to-consumer strategy, so I think that that applies to us as artists and content creators, too.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I would say that the Nipsey Hussle ‘Crenshaw’ release was an example of All Money In creating an artificial scarcity campaign for the physical side of ‘Crenshaw.” – Nipsey Hussle

‘I really love the culture of hip-hop.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I’m touring the world, not doing nothing against the law, getting money to feed my family. I got employees that have felonies, and they can’t get jobs. They work for me.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Doing music to pay bills is an uncomfortable situation. I never wanted to be in that situation.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘As an artist, as a brand, as a rapper, as a musician, you know you got a window and a lot of people, even an athlete; they don’t have no exit strategy. It’s just living in the false reality that it’s going to be like this forever.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘We was able to become real successful in the mixtape space.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘My experience with power, you can maintain it, or you get it taken from you. You get you some newfound power and go crazy, and it get taken from you quick.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Compton got such a legacy in hip-hop.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘As is the case with most people in this game, I am driven by financial motives and creative motives; the question I had to answer is which motive I will give priority to?’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I will never say something I don’t agree with or believe in… even if the reward is massive!’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I always wanted to operate at the highest altitude, just in terms of hip-hop and the music.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Proud 2 Pay – that’s something that distinguishes me, that’s something that defines me, and we’re going to keep that going.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘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.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Game’s always been open arms with me.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘From the beginning of my rap career, since I was seen and heard, I always had a store.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Looking at 2014, I look back: we made more money off ‘Mailbox Money’ than we would have made off taking an advance from anybody. We made more money letting our fans buy the stuff directly from us than what any label could have offered us.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Snoop ain’t never cosigned me, but I know everybody is like, ‘That’s the next Snoop.’ Nah, I’m Nipsey, and I got to work to define myself.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘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.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘People that’s in power – the central banks, these fiat currencies that are traded globally – they got influence over the messaging and the narrative in the media.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I pay attention to politics and technology.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘As much as I’m a black person from America, I’m a black person from Africa, too.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I built a label at the same time I built a career.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘We came up with TDE. As competitive as rap is, and as much as we’re trying to exceed the standards we set for ourselves, we take their wins as our wins, too.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘A lot was accomplished in my mixtape career. But I still needed a few things: I needed to be recognized. I need to have radio. I need to have a real retail machine that can get us where we need to get that.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Look at Pusha-T. He makes a certain type of rap music. ‘Daytona’ is that on the highest level.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘A solution built by an artist serves the artist more than the solution the capitalist comes up with.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘None of my peers avoided prison. None of ’em.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I get a more passionate delivery when I just go in the booth and let the music talk.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I respect Soulja Boy.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘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.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘I knew ‘Crenshaw’ had elevated me and distinguished me.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Partnering with Atlantic Records creates the opportunity to take what we’re doing to the next level, without compromising.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘Cardi B put a lot of work in.’ – Nipsey Hussle

‘When you talk about black entrepreneurship, you’re talking about addressing the foundation of what’s going on with our people when we don’t have any financial power. Our basic needs aren’t being met in a lot of cases, so there’s no way we’re going to be able to tap into our potential until we address those bottom-level base needs.’ – Nipsey Hussle