In hip-hop culture it’s the little things that count — little things like the grandeur of smashing Billboard records and the joyous sound of the money machine playfully trilling its mellifluous call. But occasionally rappers also like to be artists.

Mos Def makes this point clear in his recent interview with Filter magazine:

“I’m an artist, man. I put that sh*t on my W2.”

Congratulations, Dante, you’ve just won our Abe Lemons Quote of the Day Award.

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