I would say almost 60 percent of working with Kanye - let's say 53 percent of working with Kanye - is speeches. — Chance The Rapper Copy Share Image
I can rippity rap, lyrical miracle all day, but if you don't have a message behind it and you not saying nothing,… — Cordae Copy Share Image
After the 'Grey Album,' everyone thought of me as the hip-hop guy, the remix maestro. I didn't know how to show them… — Danger Mouse Copy Share Image
The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I am a Wu-Tang member and Method Man, he been a Def Squad member way before I was a Wu member. I… — Redman Copy Share Image
Hip-hop, which is my generation's blues, is important to the characters that I write about. They use hip-hop to understand the world… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I'm not going to be like a rapper and mention the people I'm talking about in my songs by name. — Austin Carlile Copy Share Image
What I admire about Snoop Dogg is his longevity. I mean, he's been around for a long time and I think he's… — Simon de Pury Copy Share Image
I'm not on a record like some rapper trying to boast about my clothes or where I'm from. I'm creating stories, experiences,… — Theophilus London Copy Share Image
Nobody uses skits at all anymore, so it seems like I use a lot. That's how I grew up on tapes. Biggie… — Dave East Copy Share Image
If someone had said to me ten years ago "Yo, we have this role of this pimp who wants to be a… — Morris Chestnut Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of anger, a… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
From Snoop, I've learned quite a bit. I learned that sometimes I need to keep my mouth shut. It's a long story,… — Chanel West Coast Copy Share Image
We have to remember examples of many artists of conscious rap who have been coopted by the Department of State of the… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
The women like us because we're the first real women rappers, and the men like us because we're strong. We're not some… — Pepa Copy Share Image
By the end of high school, I was interning for no school credit, no money, no nothing, for Jonny Shipes. He was… — Kenny Beats Copy Share Image
Now when I first heard EPMD's first joint 'You Gots to Chill' and later 'So Whatcha Sayin'?' I said, 'I can do… — Redman Copy Share Image
I've always loved hip-hop, since I was a kid, that's the music that I loved. I think everyone of our generation kind… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
I started rapping on the station promos. We did them over all of the top hits, so people got to hear me… — Ludacris Copy Share Image
The hip hop community is not at fault here - I'm definitely not blaming them. But, that can't be the only view… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
DMX is crazy! We weren't attached to a picture car, so we were weaving through the streets and DMX actually floored it,… — Anthony Anderson Copy Share Image
The first time I really listened to an album and thought, 'This album is mine,' was Kanye's 'Late Registration.' — Theophilus London Copy Share Image
I live or die for hip-hop and it's a beautiful form but you're a writer first and foremost. — Kate Tempest Copy Share Image
I think I'm like the kid who loved hip hop, and all of a sudden - I don't know what it was… — Angie Martinez Copy Share Image
Coming from, like, mariachi music into hip-hop - it's not like I was raised around a bunch of rappers, you know? — Snow Tha Product Copy Share Image
I never had a plan B; I would walk around with my head up in the clouds like, 'I'm going to be… — Kyle Copy Share Image
I think America just needs to get real when it comes to the way our kids speak and communicate. They need to… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game. — Nas Copy Share Image
The people we grew up watching and listening to - Outkast, Gucci Mane, Hot Boys, Lil Wayne, Master P - all that… — Quavo Copy Share Image
I think Kanye West is brilliant at what he does: he's got a different live show, different merch for every tour, different… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
I'm still an outsider in the hip hop community. I don't even know if I'm making hip hop anymore. — Yung Lean Copy Share Image
Ghostface, when it comes to hip-hop, was one of my favorite rappers and definitely one of my favorites in the Wu-Tang. He's… — No I.D Copy Share Image
When I get done playing basketball, I'm definitely not going to be a rapper. I'm not going to be an old person… — Damian Lillard Copy Share Image
My dreams are who I'm racin wit but you can see I'm pacin it so that I'm always chasin it. — Drake Copy Share Image
Rapping gave me confidence. I got asked to do talent shows and I came up out of my shyness that way. My… — Da Brat Copy Share Image
Oh man, I would definitely love to work with Kanye on something. But it really is all up to him, so whatever… — Fetty Wap Copy Share Image
I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. Thats not what… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
The race factor was just a minuscule part of what I was doing with Eminem. It was really about the music and… — Dr. Dre Copy Share Image
Rick Ross is bigger to me than Dizzee Rascal. My music is more gangsta rap than anything English. — Giggs Copy Share Image
The majority of people, especially young people, know Dr. Dre because of Beats by Dre, not necessarily from him being a rap… — Aja Brown Copy Share Image