I think the problem with people, as they start to mature, they say, 'Rap is a young man's game,' and they keep… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I've always been able to write rhymes and that would be like when you consult with your girl. When I'm mad and… — Joell Ortiz Copy Share Image
I'm a jazz guy and a Bruce Springsteen guy. So I wanted something more current, and edgier, and angrier. So I asked… — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
I started playing instruments before I started making beats, and I was never the best guitarist or the best pianist or the… — Russ Copy Share Image
Im one of the best representations of this quality hip-hop: three years in the making, Flipmode/Aftermath/Interscope, a lot of time to cook… — Busta Rhymes Copy Share Image
When I was younger I was influenced by Kanye, his story of coming up and how he kept producing and producing and… — PartyNextDoor Copy Share Image
If people ask me about it, I think it would be great for me to be like, 'Look, [Kanye West] called me… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I still wanted to see the family come back to life. And when that didn't transpire from the music, it kinda made… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
I think my fans respect me for bein' as truthful and honest as you can be and still be Rap music and… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
Revolution ain't nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature. So when old folks tell me that they… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
Mobb Deep, we our own energy, you know I'm sayin'? It's not like we not all of a part of a big… — Mobb Deep Copy Share Image
I love playing Rick Ross' 'Port of Miami' album. Jeezy's 'Thug Motivation 101' is a classic in my opinion, and I still… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
A lot of the old-school artists didn’t even respect what’s being called freestyle now... any emcee coming off the top of the… — Kool Moe Dee Copy Share Image
I put the truth out there, I put the historical facts into Hip Hop to show us how much history repeats itself… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
I mistakably paid respect and condolences to the wrong Beastie Boy member King Ad-Rock when it should have been MCA. In light… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I'm a lot different in my career since that interview. To have someone like Diplo tweet "Cakes' album is really cool" is… — Cakes da killa Copy Share Image
“The dull pulse-like beat started at eleven o’clock at night. It was a new kind of music called ‘rap’. It baffled Ananda… — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
When I did 'Funkdafied' with JD, he was like, 'Okay, look Brat. I'ma tell you now - female rappers pretty much only… — Da Brat Copy Share Image
I've always been jealous of rappers, because they can fit so many words into a song and tell a story with lots… — Skylar Grey Copy Share Image
“Alyosha-Bob and I have an interesting hobby that we indulge whenever possible. We think of ourselves as The Gentlemen Who Like To… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
You can't compete with hip-hop. That doesn't mean I don't want to be as big as a rap star. I do -… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
Why is the world round? Why do the suckas bite? Why do the freaks come out at night? Why they paint Jesus… — Lee Majors Copy Share Image
I did my version of g-funk and I made it into a genre, I made it huge, I made it worldwide. That's… — Warren G Copy Share Image
'The Rap Year Book' is really great. Shea Serrano wrote it, and it became this huge phenomenon where he sold out everywhere… — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image
I have never seen a rap artist yet to come and say, 'I'm a gangsta'. What he says is 'Man I spit… — MC Hammer Copy Share Image
Wu-Tang was going through it. They didn't come from great homes or families. They really came from hard beginnings so it just… — Dave East Copy Share Image
Few places in American culture have made as effective a case for entrepreneurship than hip-hop. Hip-hop tells young people that our society… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
To have Run-DMC acknowledge you, something like that, you're like, 'Oh, I'm that dude.' To have Jay-Z do a verse, you that… — Mannie Fresh Copy Share Image
It's Slim Thugga Muthafucka, got alot to sell, But snitches already got alot to tell, So for as y'all know all I… — Slim Thug Copy Share Image
“Hip - Someone who knows the score. Someone who understands "jive talk." Someone who is "with it." The expression is not subject… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Like, Jay Z has some of the sickest lyrics ever, but I would never buy his CD, just because of my age… — Young Thug Copy Share Image
Socially, hip-hop has done more for racial camaraderie in this country than any one thing. 'Cause guys like me, my kids -… — Michael Rapaport Copy Share Image
I don't feel that Hip Hop is mine, I feel like I have a pass in this thing of ours that we… — Benny the Butcher Copy Share Image
Tupac is definitely an icon. There'll never be another Tupac, so I'm not gonna ever, ever try to fill those shoes. I'm… — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
When you look at hip-hop, I want to do that: to spit fire and take our best from the ashes to build… — Rakim Copy Share Image
When I was signed to Quincy Jones before I went independent, he told me to rap what you know, and people will… — Tech N9ne Copy Share Image
What's more condescending and corny than someone telling you how much more money they have than you and telling you basically, 'I… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
When hip-hop was new and raw, it was all about being an MC. You wanted to be respected as a lyricist. But… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
LL Cool J was a rapper-turned-actor, and I also relate to him because he was sort of a ladies' man and had… — Bow Wow Copy Share Image
As a rapper, you're taught and you practice being hard all the time. You're not crying on your tracks, you don't sound… — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
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