Rapper Quotes · Page 80

My take, after spending some time with him, is that Kanye West is not a conservative. He's not a Republican, but he…

— Candace Owens

Writing rap songs is about flow, about one word blending seamlessly into the next and creating a thing that is possible to…

— Daveed Diggs

I'd like to do something with Frank Ocean, you know, and I love working with Thundercat, and I'd love to do more…

— Michael McDonald

Everyone has the notion that hip-hop is messy and loose, but there's also another level to it.

— Laurieann Gibson

I think every rapper should know how to sing, like a little bit. I mean common man it'll make your rapping better…

— SonReal

People think, 'Oh, I don't need to worry about him,' and they underestimate me because I am a rapper.

— Lil Jon

I'm not really a comparison dude. Even when people say 'Big or Pac?,' because they're two totally different types of lyricists.

— DJ Premier

I want Cypress Hill to be the Grateful Dead of hip-hop. The Dead never wore out their welcome, and I hope in…

— B-Real

I don't get mentioned in too many things that deal with hip-hop, really, because I'm not really friends with anybody. Not in…

— Hopsin

Travis Scott is definitely a big inspiration. Lil Wayne was a big one. Lil Wayne, 50 Cent. Those were my two, like,…

— Lil Skies

He's been my number one influence. If you say Tupac didn't influence you, then you don't really need to be rapping because…

— Freddie Gibbs

I never understood the idea that I was a 'backpack rapper.' I think that's a lazy way that people started thinking. They…

— Wale

I started rapping before anybody had ever bought a car from it. It was truly about the art form and the culture,…

— Ice T

All the other rappers around me aren't saying anything worthwhile. They're lost in rap: all they do is tell you they're a…

— Skepta

Where is the video of Kanye [West] telling me he was going to call me 'that b***h' in his song? It doesn't…

— Taylor Swift

I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesting, dynamic voices in rap. But I…

— Yusef Komunyakaa

Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're…

— Jay-Z

I wanted us to have a friendly relationship [with Kanye West]. He promised to play the song for me, but he never…

— Taylor Swift

I'm a fan of hip-hop as a whole, period. I love hip-hop. I look at it as a study and I love…

— Lil B

I don't know if I'll ever make rap music, but I just like people who are like, 'I am going to just…

— Tavi Gevinson

I was a kiddie pool attendant, and I was a white rapper. That's not going to get you a job on Wall…

— Jesse Itzler

I was one of the first rappers to have his own forum. Then 50 Cent made 'Thisis50.com,' and everyone made sites just…

— Chamillionaire

I stop and stare at the younger, my heart goes to 'em, they stressed out and goin' under.

— Tupac Shakur

While writing a normal song, we just pen four lines and then we have a chorus and some lines again. But rap…

— Raftaar

The only memorable people who came to Guernsey in my lifetime were Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 - I swear that was…

— Mura Masa

You know I've got some Waylan Jennings in me and I've also got some Eric B. & Rakim in me.

— Everlast

The Cash Money sound pretty much changed the era. It kind of put the business into rap. It was like, 'Get your…

— Mannie Fresh

Scandinavian rap started in the '90s, off the back of Run DMC, and it was a bunch of Swedish dudes doing the…

— Yung Lean

When you're a rapper, just a rapper, you have to kind of settle for whatever comes your way - if a beat…

— J. Cole

I can't see myself not rappin' and not talking the bullshit I'm talking. I love that! I can't lie. Once I stop…

— Sean Price

I would love to be friends with Kanye West, because I know he is not a dreadful person, he is a lovely…

— Thomston

I think Gotye is really dope. The music that I enjoy listening to isn't as intense as my music is.

— B.o.B

Macklemore gets a Grammy over Kendrick Lamar. I still can't get over that. But again, it's not Macklemore's fault. It's the way…

— Ato Essandoh

For all you sucker MC's perpetratin a FRAUD. Your rhymes are cold wack and keep the crowd cold lost.

— Run DMC

Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.

— Brendon Urie

Before anything, I wanted to be a rapper. I used to make beats and I would start singing to layer my beats…

— Brent Faiyaz

We listen to the greats. I'm not going to listen to average rap when I can listen to an Outkast album.

— Eyedea

Dre was a person who could see ahead of the beat. He could see the beat before it was even there. He's…

— DJ Yella

I'd love to get in a room with Kanye at some point, have a conversation, and see if something cooks up.

— Andy Mineo

Hip-hop has done more damage to black and brown people than racism in the last 10 years,

— Geraldo Rivera