A lot of people wanted to try to make me the white Nicki Minaj. That’s not what I’m trying to do. I… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
I liked Bruno Mars from way back before he even debuted. I thought he had a beautiful voice and became a huge… — Lee Tae-min Copy Share Image
I'm only Rich Homie when I got a microphone in my hand. If you see me outside, I'm just Quan. I just… — Rich Homie Quan Copy Share Image
Anybody wherever I've ever been in my life, one thing they can always say good or bad, I was always doing music… — The Kid Laroi Copy Share Image
I listen to Jay-Z, Nelly, Nas, Ludacris and all the young kids out there. I listen to them, and I have mad… — Stephanie Mills Copy Share Image
We've been branded 'the thinking man's hip-hop.' So the music's got to have some level of maturity. — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels… — Wiz Khalifa Copy Share Image
My favorite Eminem song is probably 'Lose Yourself' because I can relate to it a lot. That's how I feel every time… — Prodigy Copy Share Image
Kanye didn't sign me to hold my hand and walk me through my career. He signed me because he believed in me… — Big Sean Copy Share Image
With The Fugees initially, and even with 'Miseducation', it was very hip-hop - always a singing over beats. I don't think people… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
Rapping's a release of the good and the bad - that's the definition of hyphy. You can't be like that, you can't… — Keak da Sneak Copy Share Image
“The music is meant to be provocative—which doesn’t mean it’s necessarily obnoxious, but it is (mostly) confrontational, and more than that, it’s… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Some people think that Southern hip-hop doesn't have any depth. They think it's just noise, all about people having a good time… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Why isn't it hip-hop when I do it? Everybody else can have beef within the music, talk about differences and it's ok.… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
One day I just got frustrated and my brother, who doesn't really even makes beats very often, he just made this loop… — Snow Tha Product Copy Share Image
Common would come to my house and give me a freestyle verse. I'd make a new beat for it and put it… — Clinton Sparks Copy Share Image
I feel like rap fit me better. I could hoop. I could have went and did that, but this is my lifestyle,… — Dave East Copy Share Image
I get offended when people say, 'So, being a white rapper...and growing up white...after being born white...' It's all I ever hear! — Eminem Copy Share Image
Throughout my rapping career, I always cooked for myself and anyone I worked with. It's what actually kept me grounded through those… — Coolio Copy Share Image
One of the first production deals I signed, the guy wanted my name to be Minaj and I fought him tooth and… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
I first started rapping when I heard the Sugarhill Gang in 1979, when I was 11 years old in seventh grade. — E-40 Copy Share Image
Talk dont make it happen. I do not talk, I am just a rapper. Too tight need muscle relaxer. Im whats next,… — Childish Gambino Copy Share Image
The Temple of Hip-Hop makes sure that we don't just approach hip-hop just through music or through rap. We approach the totality… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has never had boundaries - the more adventurous it is, the more popular it seems to be. — Ariel Rechtshaid Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is universal now, it's all commercial now. It's like a circle full of circus clowns up in the circuit now. — Eminem Copy Share Image
Lil Wayne was a big inspiration. Started listening to him like 6 years old. His lyrics are crazy, his wordplay and how… — NLE Choppa Copy Share Image
Tupac and I were just close friends because we had such an insatiable drive and passion for acting and entertainment. — Jada Pinkett Smith Copy Share Image
Frank Ocean is super dope! He's like a ghost. He's, like, not really real. I didn't think he was real until I… — Lil Yachty Copy Share Image
Shout out to J. Cole. We come from the same type of struggles. He put the real in his music, I put… — Jay Rock Copy Share Image
I never really told anybody that I'm a rapper. I wasn't walking around being like, "Yo, check out my mixtape!" It was… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
Kanye's the best. He really, really is. He's cool. And why we've always gotten along is because we can just sit down… — Virgil Abloh Copy Share Image
There's not enough people being daring and different. There are a lot of followers in hip-hop. — Biz Markie Copy Share Image
The whole history of music has turned out to be something perfect. It's all come around. The music we did with Funkadelic… — George Clinton Copy Share Image
I always do my rap from the outside looking in. Like I do my rap as if I'm looking at me rap. — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
I only know English, so I feel like I can be the dopest French rapper ever if I learned French. — Cordae Copy Share Image
Atlanta is Exhibit A in my belief that the marriage between hip-hop and sports is a failure. — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
You can write a great country record and still be angry. Who's angrier than Toby Keith? He's angrier than the average 10 rappers. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Rappers and MCs have always had an alias. Building your character, it helps you to get things out. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
When my Heart Can Beat No More I hope die for a principal or a belief that I have lived for — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
Very intsirapional! Very intsirapional!But let me tell you The FUNNIEST part Diddy You can't stunt like Baby.Lil Wayne That's impossible!LOL! — Parendi Copy Share Image
