Rapper Quotes · Page 71

I'm not motivated by money or fame. I'm more driven by the electricity of creativity. The idea of being one of the…

— Vic Mensa

Cudi should be a top tier artist... I think he fathered a lot of the style of music. He's a good influence…

— Travis Scott

I secured Big Jam through my buzz in the city. My name got bigger and bigger throughout my 1st year of rapping.

— Polo G

I never liked socially conscious rap. I like rap that's physical, that's about a beat and bass and repetition.

— Harmony Korine

2Pac made me want to rap, he made me want to speak my ghetto story and not be ashamed of it.

— Boosie

With rap music, there are billions and billions of samples that are uncleared that people have never been bothered about on an…

— Girl Talk

We grew up on hip-hop, metal, and hard core, which... reflect a certain amount of the chaos and confusion that are part…

— Sonny Sandoval

Drake: The type of nigga, to try and find the same hooker in GTA. Because he felt the connection.

— Amit Verma

I would just like to see hip-hop journalism in general take a step up and match the artistry. There have been great…

— Brother Ali

I think the rap community always tells the truth. And I think that it's important that we listen to their voices so…

— Russell Simmons

I think it goes without saying that Logic has a strong and powerful message in his artistic deliveries and has a very…

— Snoh Aalegra

Lets start keeping it real. I'm saying to a lot of my partners who are rap artists, 'man when y'all do your…

— MC Hammer

I grew up in the area where we had Three 6 Mafia, and Playa Fly, and 8Ball & MJG. My parents and…

— Tay Keith

MCs get a little bit of love and think they hot, Talkin bout how much money they got...all y'all records sound the…

— Stic.man

Akon is a very talented songwriter to work with. His melodies, they're just insane. It's funny, I think about him a lot…

— Lady Gaga

Yeah, I was a brother on the streets of Compton doing a lot of things most people look down on but it…

— Eazy-E

I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you…

— Vanilla Ice

For me, hip-hop was a mirror when young-adult books were not. I could see myself in a Nas song more than I…

— Angie Thomas

Skateboarding was my introduction to rap and the first rap song that I really liked was KRS-One 'Step Into A World.'

— Vic Mensa

Lil Wayne, that was one of my main influences, music-wise, because of his wordplay and metaphors.

— Polo G

Pac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.

— Afeni Shakur

I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people.

— Nikki Giovanni

I feel a lot of hip-hop videos are all about portraying a lifestyle that the artist doesn't even live.

— Kano

You can't just be a rock star by rehashing things you've seen or done before. Bring something new, which is what hip-hop…

— John Gourley

If u were stuck on an island and had to pick 1 artist who's catalog would u wanna be stuck with?

— Rev Run

People say I'm destroying hip-hop, and I'm like, there's so much hip-hop, and it's so popular, so I don't know why I…

— Lil Yachty

I remember going to pre-school, you know, rolling out in the Suburban and my dad bumping all types of rap, so he…

— Lonzo Ball

One thing rap and rock have in common, a lot of it is focused on negativity. I like dark stuff.

— Lil Uzi Vert

I think Broadway is waking up to the idea that rap is an incredible tool for telling a musical story.

— Christopher Jackson

Rap for me is like making movies, telling stories, and getting the emotions of the songs through in just as deep a…

— Jay-Z

“Dude, the whole Drake coming out of the closet routine is getting old. Get some new material. ~ Drake”

— Jennifer Turner

When I talk about money. All you see is the struggle. When I tell ya, I'm livin' large, you tell me, its…

— Tupac Shakur

But then again in the East Coast, I think, Tupac, inspired everybody on the East Coast, everybody down south, everybody in the…

— Bubba Sparxxx

N.W.A. were the first great rap audio documentarians of the problems in our inner cities.

— Jerry Heller

The thing I love about hip-hop is that it's so creative. It's so creatively rewarding. When you hit it, and you hit…

— Chantal Kreviazuk

I usually travel with a posse. I roll deep. I travel like a rapper, but without the artillery. We don't carry guns,…

— Gabriel Iglesias

Questions for the lord, why he don't like me, guard my soul, Though my life was hard with no remorse.

— Tupac Shakur

The 'chinked out' style is a school of hip hop - that's the way I like to think of it - that…

— Wang Leehom

I loved writing lyrics for rap when I was in junior high. I loved studying, but somehow I wanted to be a…

— RM

When you say rap or Hip Hop, people expect it to be just urban or black. And I don't really feel like…

— Trina