Rap is still an art, and no-one's from the Old School Cuz rap is still a brand-new tool — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I'm a rapper-singer, or singer-rapper - it's not one before the other. I do both. — Becky G Copy Share Image
You got married recently to a rapper. It doesn't take them long to impregnate women. — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap. — Peter Steele Copy Share Image
When I started emceein', you had 500 maybe 1000 rappers in the whole world. Now there's 1.000.000, nahmean? — RZA Copy Share Image
Our unborn never got to grow, never got to see what's, next, In this world full of countless threats. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
'New Slaves' is too real to me. It's like a freestyle of real talk, with the sickest beat. It's like the beat… — Jme Copy Share Image
If Obama's enormous symbolic power draws primarily from being the country's first black president, it also draws from his membership in hip-hop's… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I met Kendrick when I was younger but he's not really the flashy type. You'd never know if he had a dollar… — Roddy Ricch Copy Share Image
When I'm in my rap mode, I'm probably gonna ride in a black truck or a nice car. But if I'm just… — Sexyy Red Copy Share Image
Hip-hoppers are not interpreting what hip-hop is, and when we do interpret it, we interpret it as something immature, unorganized, and outlaw. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Hip-hop culture is probably one of the most powerful things to come out of America in a long time - everything from… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
I try to really capitalize off of what other rappers really can't do. There are opportunities that rappers I love simply can't… — Drake Copy Share Image
Rap is purging itself from the things it didn't need and it's allowing the younger dudes to come up. With that being… — Mic Geronimo Copy Share Image
I see that happening with hip hop purists now. Where you have an artist like a Kendrick [Lamar] or a Drake, who… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I've been rapping since I was ten years old. So from 10 to 13 the subject matter has elevated or just changed… — Latto Copy Share Image
Early on, it was real tough for me to stick to my guns and say 'I'm retired, I'm not rapping, don't ask… — Joe Budden Copy Share Image
There's certainly a lot of noise in the hip-hop world now [that] I don't pay active attention to, but to the extent… — Baratunde Thurston Copy Share Image
I think that a rap aficionado, the hardcore rap fan, will always go away from pop, in the same way a hardcore… — Ice T Copy Share Image
I look at WorldstarHipHop in the morning, Bossip, Global Grind, and everything in between, but it's all so quick, I don't even… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
I have a lot of respect for Eminem and Rihanna. They are both very real in their music. — Bebe Rexha Copy Share Image
I want to write just as much as Kanye may have for whomever Kanye has written for. — PartyNextDoor Copy Share Image
I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper. — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Drake and J Coles way with words are so inspirational and heart touching. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ain't ever seen a young rapper like moi<3 :D mac miller's the shit! — Megan Acaster 13<3 Copy Share Image
I hope everybody out here is supporting hip-hop and trying to make it continue on. — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
People who say that music is dead or hip-hop is dead are refusing to evolve. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I'm really like a rat in the rap game. I just drop stuff when I feel like it. — Yung Lean Copy Share Image
KRS One and LL Cool J are the biggest influences in my rap career, along with Heavy D. — Fat Joe Copy Share Image
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