Not even battling but just really known for rapping. Like…

The way I think it all went down was MTV was doing a special on people and my publicist heard about it.It was a…

— Mic Geronimo

Аfter all the beats and rhymes, I felt like everybody around me was rapping and so I was like.

— Jeremih

I like my R&B, my hip-hop. But I'm old school, I don't like a lot of new stuff. Though I do like a little…

— P. K. Subban

I'm not just rapping because I like it anymore - this is like almost my career now, you know? Not almost, it is! This…

— Fabolous

When I started rapping, I was like, I'ma change my name before I become famous. And that didn't happen. I didn't have time.

— Rico Nasty

I always loved music, and really, I've been rapping since I was, like, 12.

— Denzel Curry

You see somebody rapping and you're like, "Nah, my cousin can do that." You're spoiled by the experience. Overseas, it's still something that people…

— Talib Kweli

I started rapping since, like, 14. But I've been obsessed with rap from when I was 11. I heard 'Baby Don't Cry,' I'll never forget.

— Iggy Azalea

I must say, Eminem is definitely the reason why I originally started rapping, like many other white kids my age. I also remember listening…

— Chris Webby

People hate when I rhyme. Like I read the reviews, 'We don't really care much for his rapping but we like the beats.'

— The Alchemist

When I first started rapping, I was like, 'I'm gonna be, like, the female Eminem.'

— Chanel West Coast

It's hard to find rap that I love, you know. I'm one of those rapping a** rappers, but I just fall into a different…

— Eskeerdo

Let me keep it 100% real with you, when there was park jams nobody rapped at a park jam when I was rapping and…

— Cormega

Young kids out here see what's on TV and feel like they can start rapping. They think rappers are rich and really have their…

— Rahki

Rapping and singing are not two polar opposites. There's so much middle ground. And I think there's a lot of people who find that…

— Ezra Koenig