Rapper Quotes · Page 70

Rap is really just too conventional. Everybody does the same thing. No one ever pushes the box.

— Tyler, The Creator

The power of the voice in rap is about the expression of truth, rather than the expression of some kind of artifice.

— Eliza Griswold

Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness.

— Mos Def

King Of The Dot is huge; battle rap is huge right now. My first battle that I went to was King Of…

— Ab-Soul

I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill. But career-wise, I'd say I'd want to have something…

— Kat Dahlia

I would say Colin Jost is Kanye West because he takes like the creative risk a lot of times, whereas I'm like,…

— Michael Che

A lot of people think that it was about Biggie on the East Coast and 2Pac on the West Coast. It wasn't…

— Cormega

You have to look at the fact that Hip Hop is under attack. It's not just Hip Hop but Black people, Latino…

— Afrika Bambaataa

My pops put me on to Jay-Z and Kanye, and my discoveries would be like Future and Kendrick Lamar. I turned my…

— Roddy Ricch

A lot of rappers say 'I'm talking about stuff that goes on, what I grew up in, that I know about.' And…

— Stuart Scott

If I had to collaborate with anybody on a song, I would pick Kendrick Lamar because he is so dope as an…

— Adrian Marcel

DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing... At the end of the day, it's up to us to control…

— Nas

I was a little nervous that people wouldn't take to 'Under Pressure,' because my style and what I embodied had previously been…

— Logic

I will never forget someone bringing up my mixtape and just trying to convince me on the spot that I should leave…

— Chris Redd

It was just cool to see my friends so inspired, and I'm by no means the biggest rapper in the world, but…

— Big Sean

My freestyling ability is nonexistent. I can't even write a verse if I tried to sit anywhere and write one. Being a…

— Michael Rapaport

I like being a rapper and cursing and getting paid. But at some point I feel like I'm going to be an…

— El-P

Anyone who doesn't think that hip-hop is an intellectual genre, I think that assumption is rooted in racism.

— Doechii

When I slid into comedy, naturally the first thing I said was, "hello, I am a washed up rapper."

— Doc Brown

I think Lil Wayne is extremely talented. I think he's one of the most talented ones out there.

— Jay-Z

Before Eminem, the idea that there would be a white rapper that anybody would really check for was fantastic or amazing or…

— Talib Kweli

Notorious B.I.G. was one of my favorites. I started getting into hip-hop around the Bad Boy era.

— Big Sean

I still love old-school hip-hop, but there hasn't been a lot that I've taken from the new stuff.

— Kid Rock

Hip hop has evolved, thankfully. Kids are making music that is important to their lives and outlooks.

— Erik Parker

I don't like people being something that they ain't, and we got a lot of that in rap right now.

— Freddie Gibbs

I've always been a fan of music. I listened to a whole lot of oldies - I never really listened to rap…

— O. T. Genasis

I have a song coming with blackbear. He's a huge artist, I would say in the dark-pop scene. He has also collaborated…

— Nina Nesbitt

I would hope that Kanye [West] would be remembered for being smart and sticking to what he believes.

— Kim Kardashian

I really love hip hop. My cousin Nas came out with an album 'Life Is Good,' and I love that album, but…

— Yara Shahidi

I realized the power of hip-hop. I realized how influential this music and this culture are.

— Nipsey Hussle

We live in a society of triviality, and my music and what I'm about kind of starts to break that mold and…

— Andy Mineo

You know, hip hop is a big ferris wheel that goes around and you've just gotta be able to maintain yourself while…

— Jadakiss

My favorite rappers are, I can't really say. I like Kanye because he's so creative. He'll just do anything. I like what…

— Nayvadius Cash

I grew up on Hip Hop, it's the music I love and it's the music I respect. I respect the culture...that's me.

— Eminem

My dream job growing up was always to be an artist. It wasn't even that I would be a rapper or singer;…

— Lil Tjay

If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be Lyrically, Talib Kweli Truthfully, I wanna rhyme like Common Sense But I did…

— Jay-Z

Yellow M&M's don't move with green M&M's. I mean, you don't put M&M's peanuts with M&M's plain.

— Tupac Shakur

What made '400 Degreez' great is that Juvenile already had those raps. He already knew them. It was something that he knew…

— Mannie Fresh

J. Cole is always telling a story. He's talking about what he's seeing and what he experienced.

— Marvin Bagley III

As I got older, I really got into Tupac's poetry, his books and just learning about his life and what he was…

— Jhene Aiko