I guess cause i'm black boy, I'm supposed to say 'peace', sing songs, and get capped on. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I grew up looking up to DJ Premier, who would have the illest hip-hop joint on everybody's album. — Statik Selektah Copy Share Image
Growing up, I heard as much E-40 and Mac Dre on the radio as I did 50 Cent. It's in our culture… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
I'm confused tell me where we go wrong? I was sure that I would be with you for so long. — Drake Copy Share Image
All these rappers wack but I don't ever see 'em close. The illest mothafucka in it we don't need to vote. — Mac Miller Copy Share Image
I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever. — Kanye West Copy Share Image
I just hold it down for my side, I just hold it down for my set. I just give everybody a piece… — Drake Copy Share Image
And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I rap about fighting back. I make it uncomfortable by putting details to it. It might not have been politically correct but… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I love Kanye. He's literally the only person that challenges me. He has an overwhelming love for music also, and that's why… — The-Dream Copy Share Image
When we were doing shows in the mid-'90s, the audiences were 95% black. What's happened now is the gentrification of hip-hop. A… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I really appreciate Frank Ocean's lyrical style, I appreciate the way that he can kind of draw you into this personal space,… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
“It is not surprising that young white males – most between thirty and forty – play major roles in the production of… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
I feel like people mislead themselves when they tell themselves they're into me because of the lyrics. From my vantage point, people… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I listen to a little bit of hip-hop, but I mainly go back to what was big when I was at the… — Ernie Johnson Jr Copy Share Image
I've got a superstar like Usher singing bachata, a tune featuring Lil Wayne. I'm offering people more than just bachata. That captures… — Romeo Santos Copy Share Image
Until black culture as a whole is effectively disentangled from the python-grip of hip-hop, and by extension the street, we are not… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
When Zaytoven and Future are working together, then Future's not working on no other tracks, and Zaytoven's not making no beats for… — Zaytoven Copy Share Image
My flow follows sometimes what's going on in the hip-hop industry even though I'm speaking Jamaican patois. — Sean Paul Copy Share Image
People so obsessed with being real in hip-hop because they don't want people to think that they're lying. — Tee Grizzley Copy Share Image
People don't really call me a rapper. They call me Mr. 'Trap Queen'. The 'Trap Queen' Guy. — Fetty Wap Copy Share Image
If a hip-hop artist can get on stage and entertain an arena full of 30,000 people and keep their attention for 45… — Redman Copy Share Image
Working with Pharrell was a dream... Collaborations like that are where you come up with sounds that maybe you wouldn't have found… — Rosalia Copy Share Image
I'm under the radar. I don't live like a rapper. If I don't gotta go to the studio then I'm just living… — Sexyy Red Copy Share Image
Wrestling has grown so big... it's almost a culture. And it's a culture of all types of vibes, just like hip-hop has… — Jam Master Jay Copy Share Image
Any rapper will tell you when you're working with someone like Cole, it's like a match of wits. You gotta go crazy,… — Benny the Butcher Copy Share Image
When I started DJing, because everyone called me 'Snake' in my city first, I was like, 'DJ Snake - OK, let's go… — DJ Snake Copy Share Image
I saw an interview with Jay-Z where he said he didn't write down any of his lyrics, so I tried that. — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
I really didn't even pick producers. I just picked beats, except for Dre - he's the only producer I knew I wanted… — Nate Dogg Copy Share Image
I didn't study no rappers when I was coming up. I was studying moguls. I was studying Jay Z. I was studying… — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of… — Ice T Copy Share Image
The first rap CD that I had, it was so different for me. The energy, the wordplay, all that caught my attention,… — Bad Bunny Copy Share Image
All good niggers, all the niggers who change the world, die in violence. They don't die in regular ways. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I love the song 'Picasso Baby,' and I think the performance art piece was brilliant. I love that fact that Jay Z… — Adrian Younge Copy Share Image
Hey boy what's ya name? Lookin like a rapper, but you prolly push 'cain. Rockin ya drop top pumpin game. Frontin like… — The Jacka Copy Share Image
Drake is a lyrical genius, and he's great with melodies, and Pharrell is an amazing producer and songwriter. — Justine Skye Copy Share Image
Lil Wayne has an ex-wife, 5 baby mommas, 4 girl friends, 3 boos, a partridge in a pear tree, and has the… — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
I wanna be selective... very selective. Right now, hip-hop's very boring to me. It's no excitement. — Timbaland Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to end up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the 'Master of Hip-Hop Samples,' but you… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I like Kendrick because Kendrick is keeping that spirit alive of trying to educate and teach people, man. — Inspectah Deck Copy Share Image
