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Nipsey Hussle was an American rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, and activist. He was born in Los Angeles in 1985 and started his career at the age of 17.
With having a unique style, he blended P-Funk with West Coast gangsta rap and rap-rock. His music explored themes of violence, sexism, hope, and his struggle to find a way out of poverty.
He released three studio albums that received critical acclaim: “Victory Lap” (2007), “The Marathon Continues” (2009), and “10 Day” (2010). Nipsey Hussle released his fourth album titled “Th3 Carter IV” in March 2015, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart.
He became a key figure in LA’s rap scene during the 1990s as one of the founding members of Slauson Boyz, a rap group that included rappers YG Hootie and Lil Eazy-E. Hussle later participated in various other groups before establishing his own label.
Here are some of his inspirational quotes that will motivate you to be yourself and awake the hustler in you.
100 Most Inspiring Nipsey Hussle Quotes
“Dedication, hard work, plus patience.”
“If you’re a hustler, you should find somewhere to capitalize off that and turn it into some money.”
“We got turned down, we failed, had setbacks, had to start over a lot of times. But we kept going at it. In anybody’s case that’s always the distinguishing factor.”
“Luck is just bein’ prepared at all times, so when the door opens you’re ready.”
“Most important thing is to get rid of doubt. If you got doubt in what you’re doing it’s not gonna work.”
“Instead of trying to build a brick wall, lay a brick every day. Eventually, you’ll look up and you’ll have a brick wall.”
“Most of the time I look inside, And find the answers waitin’.”
“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.”
“If you don’t have a plan, it’s very hard to really have faith in what you’re doing ’cause soon as something pop up, it’s gonna look like the end-all.”
“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.”
“We’re not the cause. We’re the effect.”
“Try to have more faith and less fear, try to express it to your peers, I’m talking about dreams. Better to do it and let it be seen, cause then it’s so clear.”
“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.”
“You’re not going to scare me into being somebody I don’t want to be.”
“On a mission, your worst enemy is idle time.”
“Without a game plan and without a strong sense of faith in what you’re doing, it’s gonna be real hard to accomplish things.”
“The most important thing is to get rid of doubt. If you got doubt in what you’re doing, it’s not gonna work.”
“Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.”
“The company you keep has a large influence on the situations you bring to yourself. Birds of a feather flock together.”
“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.”
“Success to me is just being able to do what you love to do and support yourself all through.”
“I think everybody’s trying to get to a place in themselves where they conquer what they were afraid of; they achieve some of their life goals, kept their word about what they were trying to do.”
“Play the game like I’ve never won once”
“Before rap my last name was my lifestyle, and when I visualize success it looked like right now.”
“Define who you are and what you are, and be clear on that. Meditate on that and then, live and die by that. You can’t break the rules, the fundamental rules. Be a man of your word, do what you say you’re gonna do, respect people the way you would like to be respected.”
“I just believe in ownership… I believe in investing in yourself…Your foundation should be strong.”
“Don’t waste your time, it don’t make you rich”
“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.”
“Success or greatness come with a roller-coaster ride, anybody can apply the marathon concept to what they do.”
“That’s the best currency you can offer: inspiration. So, when a person can rely on you for that, that empowers them in every realm of their life.”
“I’m at peace with what I’m doing, I feel good with what I wake up doing and about my lifestyle.”
“Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.”
“I think you can give a pure artistic product if you understand how to build your own industry.”
“We playing the long game. We don’t want the money to stop when we go. When we can’t work no more. We want it to outlive us, we want it to be generational”
“Luck is just bein’ prepared at all times, so when the door opens, you are ready.”
“If you look at the people in your circle and you don’t get inspired, you don’t have circle you have a cage.”
“The best thing you can do for a person is to inspire them. That’s the best currency you can offer: inspiration.”
“Without a game plan and without a strong sense of faith in what you’re doing, it’s gonna be really hard to accomplish anything.”
“We’re not the cause, we’re the effect.”
“Finish what we started, reach them heights, you know?”
“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.”
“If you sharing your success and not your struggle, you’s a fool.”
“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.”
“I don’t know about hell, I don’t know about heaven, All I know is ’bout right now and this lifestyle is interesting”
“Turning up my hustle’s how I give myself a raise”
“Hopin’ what I’m doing truly make my mama proud, ‘Cause for a very long time, I was the reason for her frowns.”
“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.”
“I never wanted to alienate my brand for business. I always wanted to keep it authentic and keep as pure as I could.”
“I built a company at the same time I built a career.”
“Without a game plan and without a strong sense of faith in what you’re doing, it’s gonna be real hard to accomplish anything.”
“I just believe in ownership. I believe in investing in yourself. Your foundation should be strong.”
“I hit the league straight out the streets with no talent scout.”
“Most people want to skip the process, not knowing that when you skip steps, you miss lessons. If you start small and build on what you have, you can continue to multiply that into something greater, while picking up all of the valuable lessons along the way.”
“I’m tryin’ to live my life, so when it’s over I got no regrets”
“Be a man of your word, do what you say you’re gonna do, respect people the way you would like to be respected.”
“Thought is powerful in all phases. Even in my career, even in my life, things end up exactly how I visualized them.”
“I never wanted to alienate my brand for business … I always wanted to keep it authentic and keep as pure as I could.”
“Find your purpose or you wastin’ air.”
“I always had faith in my creative capacity.”
“To me, respect comes first.”
“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.”
“Started out the trunk, ended up at the dealership”
“I get a more passionate delivery when I just go in the booth and let the music talk.”
“We were able to become really successful in the mixtape space.”
“See, the best teacher in life is your own experience/ None of us know who we are until we fail/ They say every man is defined by his reaction to any given situation/ Well who would you want to define you?/ Someone else or yourself?”
“Every step is like chess; The wrong move gets you killed, So we act on how we think, And never speak on how we feel.”
“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.”
“Seize the opportunity, believe and take control of it. Then get on your marathon and grind it ’til it’s over with.”
“When you let go of your pride, you’ll find a lesson in your pain”
“If you don’t know your full-throttle history, the whole story of how you come too where you are, it’s kind of hard to put things together.”
“Success or greatness come with a roller-coaster ride… anybody can apply the marathon concept to what they do.”
“I look at it like the game gonna test you. Everything gonna test you if it’s worthwhile and you gonna make decisions based on what you care about more.”
“One pillar to wealth is having residual income.”
“I feel that luck is a product of hard work.”
“Most the time, when it rains it start pouring, but how we grind it make the weather change for us.”
“You’ve got to have faith in what you’re doing and not take no for an answer.”
“I’m more focused on giving solutions and inspiration more than anything.”
“Be truthful with yourself and other people, and try your best to make decisions outside of your ego.”
“You gotta have a sense of humor to know that the bullshit is gonna happen, you can’t be too serious about it or too emotional and fake when the bullshit happens.”
“Life is what you make it, I hope you make a movement.”
“Success or greatness comes with a rollercoaster ride; anybody can apply the marathon concept to what they do.”
“I believe that we should own the fruits of our labor and the assets of our creations.”
“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.”
“On a mission your worst enemy is idle time.”
“And what good is dreaming, If you can’t make your sh*t come true?”
“We don’t want to wait on someone to hire us and give us a check. We want to create our own opportunities.”
“Material things ain’t nothing. You feel me? At the end of the day, it’s who you are. You weren’t born with it; you gon’ die without it.”
“Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it’s happening.”
“You will never be criticized by someone who is doing more than you. You will only be criticized by someone who is doing less than you. Remember that.”
“And it’s possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce.”
“Luck is just being prepared at all times, so when the door opens you’re ready.”
“Most the time, when it rains it starts pouring, but how we grind it makes the weather change for us.”
“I knew I wanted to work for myself when I was about eleven.”
“I’m more focused on giving solutions and inspiration more than anything.”
“I’m about seeing long-term, seeing a vision, understanding nothing really worthwhile happens overnight, and just sticking to your script long enough to make something real happen.”
“Hope opportunity don’t knock when opportunists in your group.”
“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.”
“‘Cause if you sharing your success, And not your struggle, you’s a fool.”
“Sometimes, you have to take steps back to take one step forward.”
“Money is a tool – it’s the means, not the end. [Inspiration is] the metric that dictates whether or not a project is a success. It’s more realistic than trying to aim for radio play, or trying to satisfy an AR, or the other gatekeepers on these platforms. I don’t even know how to create with those things in mind. But if you tell me the goal is to inspire? That makes my job a lot easier.”
“I’m at peace with what I’m doing, I feel good with what I wake up doing and about my lifestyle.”, Nipsey Hussle quotes about life
“Be more fearless. All my radical moonshots have defined me. That don’t be my downfall, my downfall will be not going crazy, not having a higher expectation.”
“I always had passion for rap music and I was always trying to create a situation to where I could do this full-time.”
