Rapper Quotes · Page 101

“You can't call me boo." "Why not?" "Because you're not a rapper, and I'm not your shorty.”

— R.K. Lilley

I think music talks to you on an emotional level, regardless of where you're from. I guess I related to the tempo…

— Iggy Azalea

My entryway into hip-hop was - my biggest introduction was obviously like, you know, the Def Jam, Run D.M.C., Beastie Boys, like,…

— Neal Brennan

I love being an example, that, hey, I'm young, I'm a rapper, and the gospel is the power of God for salvation…

— Trip Lee

Run DMC brought us out of that underground-only feel. They brought rap above ground and made it respectable as an art form…

— Ice Cube

I didn't want to be one of these rappers that holds his chain up just faking like he has money. I wanted…

— Chamillionaire

Hope you'll forgive me, never meant wrong. Tried to be patient, but waited too long. But I would've came back.. But I…

— Drake

I don't buy fancy things. I donated $2 million to Wu-Tang. I got a mixtape in return. It was a wonderful investment.

— Martin Shkreli

Those who dismiss rappers as vulgar outsiders miss the way that Jay-Z and Kanye embody the American dream: starting from humble beginnings,…

— Andrew Hoberek

I'm not really interested in rappers who talk about rap. I don't talk about it, and I don't like listening to other…

— Paul Wall

Barriers have been broken: rappers are singing, and singers are rapping. You might catch a rapper on a rock song, a pop…

— Trey Songz

I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future. I'm a big fan of Common. I'm a big fan…

— Nas

A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name? Or Elton John,…

— Watkin Tudor Jones

I remember the day I first heard what Timbaland and Aaliyah did - that intersection of her pretty voice and his weird,…

— Kelela

Hip-hop is so saturated with the same old same old that people always expect the guy to actually be the guy. They…

— MF Doom

What is the big deal about Eminem? Since when is offensive language a reason for being unpopular? I like the fact that…

— Madonna Ciccone

The first splurge that I did, I bought, like, an $80,000 watch, but that's because I'm a rapper. I need jewelry.

— Cardi B

I said I'd do a 'Shotta Flow 6' featuring Lil Wayne. That's the only way I'd come out of 'Shotta Flow' retirement…

— NLE Choppa

All so convinced that you're following your heart cause your mind don't control what it does sometimes.

— Drake

In using the English language to create an entirely new art form, the pioneers of Hip Hop created a vessel that grew…

— Jamaal Bowman

I've always been a fan of music. I would say I'm a fan of late '90s to early 2000s rap. That's where…

— Tyga

Now if you call 'Ain't No Half-Steppin' ' or 'Raw' an old-school song, I agree with you. But if you call Big…

— Big Daddy Kane

I'm going to forever have a love for music. I just don't think I'm going to rap forever.

— Latto

Laugh now, cry later: this is the karma. Hip-hop never died, it's just sick of the drama.

— Cormega

I want everybody to feel comfortable with vibing with Drake. I don't want to limit my music to people based on their…

— Drake

2 Pac...I really had genuinely brotherly love for Pac when I became a part of the Death Row family, he immediately ran…

— MC Hammer

And in turn I'm hostile guess you could call me anti-social. Niggaz shakin like they caught the holy ghost when I approach…

— Tupac Shakur

There are rap groups that have a positive outlook in their art. These groups should be shown as an alternative to gangsta…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Believe the best about people. Pray for their short comings. You are not the standard. We all need grace.

— LeCrae

If you're a black kid from the streets and somebody is rapping about parents not understanding, you'd laugh at that.

— MC Ren

I missed the old skateboarder Lupe Fiasco. I don't like the new, "rebellious, anti-government" Lupe.

— Anonymous

I don't like calling it Christian rap. Titles are so limiting. It's hip-hop. I'm a rapper.

— Andy Mineo

The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short…

— Barack Obama

I like Meek Mill a lot. I listen to 'Dreams & Nightmares' introduction a lot. I always act crazy when the beat drops.

— Joel Embiid

I always go to my Kanye [West], Jay-Z. I go back to alot of the stuff that I know for sure that…

— Jhene Aiko

When I rap, it's just an extension of how I speak, and that's how I talk. If you don't like it, don't…

— Azealia Banks

Some guy was just like, 'You rap fast, man. Like a little machine gun,' and from that moment, I was Lil Uzi.

— Lil Uzi Vert

I didn't want to be a rapper full time. You know, Big L kinda - God bless the dead - influenced me…

— Cam'ron

I suck nuts because I can't rap and I aint even gonna be popular or remembered in a year

— Wiz Khalifa

I was fed by the music I listened to as a kid. Hip-hop fed me psychologically, spiritually, politically. I learned from that…

— Saul Williams