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Cory McKay, better known by his stage name Cormega, is an American rapper, songwriter and poet. His first musical debut was sparked by a shout-out from Nas on his song "One Love", from the critically acclaimed Illmatic album during Cormega's time in prison.

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Let me keep it 100% real with you, when there was park jams nobody rapped at a park jam when I was rapping and that's a fact. You can ask anybody don't just take my word for it do your research cuz it seems everyone wants to make themselves bigger than what they are.

Jam, Jams, Keep, Rap, Real

Another thing about being live or having power is having power is responsibility. When niggas respect you they respect how you move and what you are capable of doing and they follow what you do.

Capable, Live, Move, Moving, Responsibility, Thing

A lot of people think that it was about Biggie on the East Coast and 2Pac on the West Coast. It wasn't like that. Big ran New York. 2Pac ran America.

2Pac, America, New York, Thinking, West, York

I know that I set an example so I don't want niggas following my steps. I don't want anybody to go do the things that I did cuz for real at times I didn't even think I was gonna make it. I was hoping I didn't get killed. I don't want nobody to try to live my life.

Live, Real, Things, Thinking, Trying

This is business: they don't care about your lyrics; The better you sell, the better future for their children. Controversy sells, so they support conflict, Makes more progress, means more profit. An artist gets killed, they say they're 'so sorry,' Meanwhile, they tell you the date of his next project. What a life. . . death made them more profit: Record companies get paid for your drama.

Children, Drama, Sells, Sorry, Tell

There's people that like you and there's people that don't like you. I love it because I love the negative criticism because I always feel I have something to prove.

Criticism, Like, Love, Negative, People

America has always been fascinated with the bad guy that's probably why I'm still here. I'm not just living off my bad guy image cuz at the end of the day nobody wants to be bad forever.

America, Forever, Guy, Image, Probably

Everybody has to play a side because if you play both sides you a snake if you not a peacemaker.

Everybody, Play, Sides, Snakes

Niggas on the internet know everything. You could make a freestyle tape in the fourth grade and they'll know about it.

Grades, Internet, Make, Tape

Rappers hate each other, not the labels that got rich, Don't care about culture, they only want profit. If your album sell slow, bet you'll get dropped quick; Q-Tip warned us: the industry's toxic. For reference, check out BDP's Sex and Violence.

Bet, Check, Hate, Rap, Sex, Violence

I'm not afraid to admit my weaknesses.

Admit, Afraid, Not Afraid, Weakness, Weaknesses

90% of the people that rap are just rappers, they rap what they see, a lot of them exploit other peoples lives, I've been through it all, I don't glorify it cos when I was in jail, I wasn't like YES I'm in jail now I can say that in my rap.

Cos, Jail, Lives, People, Rap, Yes

When I got shot I wasn't like 'yes' I got shot, now I can say that in my raps, when I got shot I said 'ouch'.

Ouch, Rap, Said, Say, Shots

Bosses respect bosses. I can't follow anyone's click unless it's benefiting me and unless they have their own vision, a lot of people that are in a certain position are there because they were in the right place at the right time not just cos they have the right movement themselves.

Boss, Follow, People, Time, Vision

Half the people on the internet are bored and they have no life.

Bored, Half, Life, People

I still pinch myself, I'm touring with Cormega you know what I'm saying, a few years ago I'd be sitting in my room doing whatever and listening to Cormega's albums on repeat and knowing all the words.

Albums, Knowing, Listening, Room, Sitting, Years

You know the wisdom is reflected in the knowledge when it's manifested; If not fed in due time, the mind is anorexic.

Fed, Hip Hop, Know, Mind, Rap, Wisdom