I've probably wanted to be a rapper since I was a teenager. I was an actor and comedian and stuff, but I… — Jamie Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel My Face' is very experimental. It's pop meets urban meets indie meets alternative. — Julia Michaels Copy Share Image
If you work at rap and look at it as an art, the money will come. But if you try to get… — Dr. Dre Copy Share Image
Definitely people like Kanye, inspired me to work hard. He's somebody who I've seen put that grind in over the years. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I believe there are talented female rappers out there that aren't one-dimensional. It's OK to be one-dimensional, by the way. — Doja Cat Copy Share Image
I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could just drop an album and channel all… — Todd Boyd Copy Share Image
I never tried to emulate that New York rap style. What I do is a quasi rap. It's a honky rap, not… — Murray Head Copy Share Image
The culture I was first exposed to was hip-hop. Not even just music, but the culture - breakdancing, graffiti, freestyling, the clothing. — Jelly Roll Copy Share Image
Young kids out here see what's on TV and feel like they can start rapping. They think rappers are rich and really… — Rahki Copy Share Image
After many years of hip-hop as a nation we should have the sophistication to accept that their are distinctions between the corporate… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
Don't let mistakes be so monumental, don't let your love be so confidential, don't let your mind be so darn judgemental, and… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Not only the brothers on the street but the middle class brothers are also identifying with the gangster rappers because of the… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
'Boyz-n-the-Hood' was actually supposed to be written for Eazy's group. He had a group out in New York called Home Boys Only,… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records,… — Fat Joe Copy Share Image
I don't want to be categorized as a this type of rapper, or a 'Some Type Of Way' sound, or a 'Walk… — Rich Homie Quan Copy Share Image
Back in the day, when the D.J. would be playing a record, I'd be on the mic trying to hype up the… — Flavor Flav Copy Share Image
I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
You gotta step up your bars! Look, I run two labels. I sing. I dance. I don't spend all my time rapping. — Jay Park Copy Share Image
I'm a big Gucci fan. So, just working with Gucci and seeing his creative process. It was also really cool to work… — Murda Beatz Copy Share Image
Old-school hip hop, i.e., whatever was popular when you were nineteen, is great. Everything since then is intolerable. — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Drake and his camp are people of their word. I've never seen them say they're going to do something and not do… — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
In my whole career, all I wanted was acceptance from Kid Cudi. I don't care about nothing else! This dude saved my… — Travis Scott Copy Share Image
When you’re reminded that God owes you nothing you find yourself more grateful and less entitled. — LeCrae Copy Share Image
Pop culture mirrors culture, and, I think, as a rapper, hip-hop in a lot of ways mirrors the things that are happening… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
The first time I met Evidence he was rapping outside of the Troubadour in L.A. He had these big spaces in his… — The Alchemist Copy Share Image
Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets. — Ice T Copy Share Image
DMX - everything this brother spits is hot. Everything. This is the heat right here. When I stand next to MCs, this… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I know nothing about hip-hop... There's only so many times you can grab your crotch and prance around stage. I'm gonna get… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Even as a little seed, I could see his plan for me. Stranded on welfare, another broken family. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with Eminem when I was younger. When he first came out I was about 12 and fanatical about his… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
Eminem was the biggest rapper in the world, but I didn't know Eminem and I didn't know anybody who knew Eminem. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
You know, there are artists who are 35 and up that still make rap and that still works for them. I don't… — Drake Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself just a rapper or just a singer. I'm a music producer, lyricist. I'm a poet as well, and… — Yo Yo Honey Singh Copy Share Image
I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me. I got shot five times. People was trying to… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I can't listen to rap music; it's not my thing. They say that they're the modern poets: of course they are, but… — Bradley Walsh Copy Share Image
When white people wear baggy clothing and speak gibberish they're homeless, when black people wear baggy clothing and speak gibberish they're called… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
'Chopper City in the Ghetto,' real talk, it's what changed Cash Money from a Bounce label to a Rap label. — Mannie Fresh Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop has always been political because this is a community that doesn't have any other choice. — Ari Melber Copy Share Image
You can't tell my fans that there's a better rapper than Machine Gun Kelly... Hands down, there's no way I'm not in… — Machine Gun Kelly Copy Share Image
When Slick Rick first hit the scene, I had to practice that British accent. There's no other storyteller like this man. — Ghostface Killah Copy Share Image
