When you're a little kid, you don't see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It… — Eminem Copy Share Image
I know that in the rap game you've got a lot of people, that come from poverty, was born in poverty and… — Jon Connor Copy Share Image
Lil Wayne, I ain't mad at him man, he did his thing, he stepped up his lyrical game, he the most improved… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I'm sittin here writin a song about the baby'z mothers who try to sue the daddies for child support. Even though daddy… — Eazy-E Copy Share Image
With the black male as a teenager, where you're coming from the ghettos and that kind of stuff, you've got to assert… — Q-Tip Copy Share Image
Mary, you make me wanna eat you Every time I see you, it's like the first time I meet you Fragrance like… — Daniel Dumile Copy Share Image
When you say you love me, it doesn't matter. It goes into my head as just chit-chatter. You may think it's egotistical… — MC Lyte Copy Share Image
Rap isn't poetry, not least because it involves music and often other elements that aren't words. But the way poets in English… — Andrew Hoberek Copy Share Image
T to the R-uh-O-Y, how did you and I meet? In front of Big Lou's, fighting in the street But only you… — C.L. Smooth Copy Share Image
I describe me sound as international: reggae, pop, rap, R&B all in one. I think I have my own style. I can't… — Sean Kingston Copy Share Image
I believe a lot in gangsta rap, I see in it a lot of positive things as it is. I believe it… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
I don't respect killers, I respect O.G. knowledge, Codes of the streets got new rules, but no guidance. Lessons, detrimental to a… — Nas Copy Share Image
You had Cash Money: that was just the flashy dudes. Like I said, you had different genres of rap, and we were… — Mannie Fresh Copy Share Image
I was born in San Francisco. I was raised in Oakland, so I'm, like, super Bay Area born, and, you know, it's… — Kreayshawn Copy Share Image
I rap and I sing, so then you've got a bit of hip-hop in there. I'm Jamaican, so you got a bit… — Stefflon Don Copy Share Image
Once I slapped a rapper with mace, Then I spit acid in his face, after he rinsed his eyes, no wait... I… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to see the original cast of 'In the Heights.' This one blew my mind. The infusion of Latin,… — Josh Young Copy Share Image
Occasionally, a great band would come along, like Blondie or OutKast who could be pop and bring interesting ideas into the mainstream… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
Rap was forbidden with the people who were interviewing us and the shows that I was getting [booked on], and I had… — Michel'le Copy Share Image
Here it is, here it is, rip my heart out for you, yeah there it went. Blunt smoke rolling out the windows,… — Billy Blevins Copy Share Image
'Paper Planes' by M.I.A. is very catchy. I like that, but I listen to everything from rap to Lenny Kravitz to Coldplay,… — Keshia Knight Pulliam Copy Share Image
But this is one of the things that makes rap at its best so human. It doesn't force you to pretend to… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I was an underground artist, but the underground status was successful. Coming from where I came from to see where rap is… — Rakim Copy Share Image
How many rappers in the game have "little" in front of their name? Lil' Wayne, Lil' Boosie it's a lil' shame Lil'… — Ed O.G Copy Share Image
Back in the days when I was a teenager, Before I had status, and before I had a pager, You could find… — Q-Tip Copy Share Image
Why am I fighting to live, if I'm just living to fight Why am I trying to see, when there aint nothing… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I love a lot of music that's considered folk music, but I also love a lot of music that's considered punk or… — Langhorne Slim Copy Share Image
If you are what you say you are A superstar Then have no fear The camera's is here and the microphones and… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
The rap game will never be at peace. The rap game is built upon competition. There will always be competition and as… — Kurupt Copy Share Image
The hip-hop that I really connected with was Public Enemy, KRS-One, Ice Cube, and N.W.A. That late '80s and early '90s era.… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
Because hip-hop has no requirements, you deal with people that have the least intelligence on the planet. Some of the people that… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
So for instance in rap music, you very often hear words that would seem very racist, or very misogynous or very homophobic… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Whatcha gonna do to this? You may be older than me, but you're new to this. Cause I been out there, queen… — Roxanne Shante Copy Share Image
I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem, Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams. I use… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
I'm a private person so wasn't the type of person who could talk to people and be like this is going on… — Kirko Bangz Copy Share Image
The rap against Tesla has always been of the 'yes, but' variety. Yes, it's a fine artisanal designer and manufacturer of electric… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
I like to consider myself a student of hip hop. There's a certain level of certification and wit and craftsmanship that comes… — Cakes da killa Copy Share Image
Yeah, with 'NASARATI,' that was my first project. I really worked literally three days on it, writing on the beats and putting… — Lil Nas X Copy Share Image
I had been cut from the basketball team every year. But I was like, 'I can turn it around! Michael Jordan made… — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
Before I started rapping and touring I weighed about 160. But by going on the road every night eating fast food, performing… — Rakim Copy Share Image
![“Rap was forbidden with the people who were interviewing us and the shows that I was getting [booked on], and I had kind of crossed over. So Jerry [Heller, who managed N.W.A.] would tell me, 'Do not say you're a rapper, always say you're R&B.'” quote by Michel'le](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0b9/michel-le-8055_forbidden_rap-was-forbidden-with-the-people-who-we_2341695.jpg)
