I was competitive in the ring and hip-hop is competitive too... I think rappers condition themselves like boxers, so they all kind… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
in the mornin' po-lice at my door Fresh adidas squeak across the bathroom floor Out the back window.. I make a escape… — Ice T Copy Share Image
Hip-hop was my first audience - I would rap in the mirror, walk down the street and listen to my Walkman. — Derek Luke Copy Share Image
Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues. — Sean Paul Copy Share Image
We've been in the game for so long, it's great to be honored for our contributions to the game of hip-hop and… — Pepa Copy Share Image
I have to think 30 times before I do or say anything because I'm representing a whole race to the world in… — Nav Copy Share Image
Love comes in every color, but the fact is... I never needed 50 Shades of Grey, Just turn the lights down low… — Phonte Copy Share Image
I wouldn't even say the internet is a gift and a curse for hip-hop. All types of music are bootlegged, including movies… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
I used to love the Wu-Tang Clan. They took my school by storm, by which I mean the three kids in my… — Romesh Ranganathan Copy Share Image
If I weren't making music, I'd be the kid who writes into the magazines and says, "why don't you guys ever cover… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
I don't get pat down, you know what's on the waist, I don't mean Jazz when I say I "count base." Fly… — Sheek Louch Copy Share Image
The hip hop industry is most likely owned by gays. I happen to think there's a gay mafia in hip hop. Not… — Fat Joe Copy Share Image
I think I'm the future of hip-hop. You know, I feel bad for saying that. That's unfortunate, but that's a fact. You… — Spencer Pratt Copy Share Image
I'm a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in '96. He was on a record with Shabban Siddiq.… — Russell Peters Copy Share Image
The only time I ever really got into rap was back in the early '90s, and bands like A Tribe Called Quest,… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons I've had success in hip-hop is that I can bring out vulnerability in people who are… — Skylar Grey Copy Share Image
Boy lift it up, lets make a toasta Lets get drunk, its gon bring us closa Don't I look like a HalleBerry… — Missy Elliot Copy Share Image
I like songs in all different genres and types. My production and songwriting is everything from pop rock to hip-hop and everything… — Alex Clare Copy Share Image
How did I end up right here wit you after all the things that I been through. It's been one of those… — Drake Copy Share Image
You definitely will not hear any hip hop at my show. Not that I don't think there's an art to that, but… — Lorrie Morgan Copy Share Image
To me, it isn't tight sweaters. That's not what rap is. That's not hip-hop at all. Every phase went through changing up… — DMX Copy Share Image
I love hip hop, and I have a bunch of urban songs I write for fun that I can't put on my… — Sia Copy Share Image
My influences are vast and varied. I was into classic rock at the same time that I was into hip-hop. It was… — Paul Banks Copy Share Image
I like golden-era hip-hop because they were recording on a 2-inch tape. There was dirty, raw sampling. It's nasty. It has a… — Adrian Younge Copy Share Image
In England and Europe, we have this huge music called ambient - ambient techno, ambient house, ambient hip-hop, ambient this, ambient that. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Hip-hop basically controls the world through fashion, through music, through language, through culture. It's basically running the world, no matter what anyone… — Prodigy Copy Share Image
My mama didn't see it comin, my daddy was there. What's my excuse? Cartoons were the root. Started with Yosemite Sam With… — Pusha T Copy Share Image
Why don't we have a national culture? Because we have a all cultures. America has its fingertips into everything, and so does… — Everlast Copy Share Image
You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
A lot of underground hip-hop will inspire me as far as rhyme patterns - really wordy, intelligent lyrics. — Travie McCoy Copy Share Image
One of the problems with hip hop is lack of infrastructure and not being able to control its own course. I don't… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Welcome to Atlanta Jack and hammers and vogues Back to the mackin' and jackin' the clothes Adolescents packin the fo' — Ludacris Copy Share Image
Being a student of hip-hop in general, you take technical aspects from places. You may take a rhyme pattern or flow from… — Eminem Copy Share Image
The truth is easier when you leavin' it out. Like when you "5 minutes away" but you're just leavin your house? — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Slim Shady: Hotter then a set of twin babies In a Mercedes Benz, with the windows up When the temp goes up… — Eminem Copy Share Image
Record companies feel they are the culture. Hip-hop has to begin to define, protect, and promote itself, and that's why we founded… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
They say that love is powerful as cough syrup and Styrofoam. All I know is I fell asleep and woke up in… — Eminem Copy Share Image
You're a trivial part in a trivia game. Now what's your aim? A presidential campaign? Like Ross Perot? He lost it though...… — Aceyalone Copy Share Image
The biggest misconception in the hip-hop industry is that people are only focused on the money. We should just be happy for… — Fat Joe Copy Share Image
When I came up in hip hop, there was no such thing as a Puerto Rican rapper doing hip hop for many… — Fat Joe Copy Share Image
