Man I got so many regrets. The biggest is that Eminem gave me so many demos - six different times he approached… — Fat Joe Copy Share Image
Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about for me. — Gza Copy Share Image
I got into DJing and making beats when I was about 17. I was always fascinated by the four elements of hip-hop:… — Abbie Cornish Copy Share Image
N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's… — Nas Copy Share Image
I always loved rapping ever since Snoop said "1-2-3-4," I was repeating lines, but I didn't start writing my own lyrics until… — Fashawn Copy Share Image
I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
As they say, real legends never die. Tupac is huge; he's an inspiration. Arguably, he's probably the biggest, most analyzed and loved… — Annie Ilonzeh Copy Share Image
I've lived in Texas, I've lived in Cali but then I was obviously effected by East Coast rap by Big Pun and… — Snow Tha Product Copy Share Image
I remember listening to an interview with Beyonce and she talked about how she and her husband, Jay-Z, have always made it… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
Nowadays rap artists coming half-hearted, Commercial like pop, or underground like black markets. Where were you the day hip-hop died? Is it… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
When I sit here and see that the eight brothers from the neighborhood that I grew up with still have success, it… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
Hip-hop started as this niche moment, and the values of it, the cultures that it carried on its back; language, clothes, the… — Steve Stoute Copy Share Image
Rap has so many possibilities that need to be explored. There are different factions of rap, but some are in a rut.… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
If it's time to party, it's time for hip hop. I love Drake, Jay-Z, Kanye. If I'm chilling at home though, I'm… — Alexis Knapp Copy Share Image
I was a soul singer first and I'd write love songs. I find with soul music it's really hard to write about… — Ben Drew Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is contributing to American society's misogyny and racism, hyper-sexuality anti-Black representations. Hip-Hop isn't setting the standard for misogyny. No one reduces… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
Highbridge - everybody rap in Highbridge; everyone grew up rappin' or playing basketball. — A Boogie wit da Hoodie Copy Share Image
If culture was a railroad, I can see the tracks running from the Spirituals to the Hip Hop Nation. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
You know he can't save you, right? In the real world, that guy right there...he can't save you. — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
There are other jobs I do besides rap. I was considering going back to school so there have been a few things… — Mic Geronimo Copy Share Image
Me and Kanye have a relationship - not as close as him and Trump, but we have a relationship. — Charlamagne tha God Copy Share Image
Another thing rappers, I admire your rebellious spirit, but materialism is a form of mental slavery. Slow down on the jewelry, pick… — Dov Davidoff Copy Share Image
[YSL creative director] Hedi [Slimane] is a music-obsessed guy. I might've originally met him through Sky. — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
My brother and I always had conversations about me being a rapper. I always used to tell him, 'I'm gonna be the… — Young M.A Copy Share Image
Tupac Back' was the first single I had, but prior to that I already had 20-something songs in the street. — Mike Will Made It Copy Share Image
America used to say that hip-hop was a cancer. Then it embraced that cancer and realized, 'Hey, this isn't a bad thing.… — Charlamagne tha God Copy Share Image
Good rap records don't get too far, but rap records that are made for crossing over to white audiences do go a… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
I really want to work with Rufus Wainwright. Michael Stipe from R.E.M. I would love to work with Kanye West. — Rico Love Copy Share Image
I keep my hip-hop as hip-hop, my R&B as R&B and my pop as pop. The ability to cross those boundaries and… — Scott Storch Copy Share Image
I'm like, 'Eminem knows who I am? Eminem watches 'First Take?' That's love.' I've been a fan of his for years, for… — Molly Qerim Copy Share Image
Life comes when you have knowledge, wisdom, and understanding, when you can see for real, touch, and feel for real, know for… — RZA Copy Share Image
When I got a little older I was obsessed Lil Wayne. But then it was just as many British rappers - Dizzee… — Tinie Tempah Copy Share Image
My default is e-40 because there's no one else in the world who raps like him. I've always loved e-40. — K. Flay Copy Share Image
If Hip Hop is all smoke and mirrors, then I'm the Windex and a napkin New dudes is whack, some vet's is… — Joe Budden Copy Share Image
I wasn't rapping and freestyling in high school. I wasn't telling people I was gonna be a rapper when I was a… — Lil Xan Copy Share Image
All these Lil' rappers, I'm just kind of getting real irritated by it. I said, 'You know what? Drop the Lil'. Forget… — Bow Wow Copy Share Image
It's hard being a white rapper sometimes! When that happens you just need to battle through. — Yelawolf Copy Share Image
Hip-hop don't have no fresh energy, none at all. It's money driven, everybody tryin' to make that cheque, nobody putting art in… — Andre Benjamin Copy Share Image
I can clearly hear a lot of grime influence on Timbaland's stuff, on some of Drake's flows. — Kano Copy Share Image
When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg. — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
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