Rapper Quotes · Page 88

Before games I listen to a lot of Drake, I like listening to stuff I know all the words to.

— Kevin Huerter

As I started growing up, living a little and listening to the lyrics, I realized that I was going through a lot…

— Akon

If we met today and you had no idea who I was, you'd just think I was a normal guy. You wouldn't…

— Masked Wolf

There is no better education than rap battling in terms of performance. It makes you fearless.

— Doc Brown

A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.

— Will Smith

I'm here to inspire young people to be part of the most magnificent culture on earth: hip-hop.

— KRS-One

Kanye West hasn't really done anything worthwhile-- except maybe musically, I haven't heard him. But he hasn't overthrown the government.

— Ian Svenonius

You have your purists and you have people who want to go outside of what they think hip hop is. You've got…

— B-Real

My definition of hip hop is taking elements from many other spheres of music to make hip hop. Whether it be breakbeat,…

— Afrika Bambaataa

I do think there's a great deal of politics mixed in rap. Their reference to the real world is much better than…

— Nellie McKay

I grew up in New York City in the '80s, and it was the epicenter of hip-hop. There was no Internet. Cable…

— Michael Rapaport

I was mainly talking to Jay, Nas all the greats in the game, DMX, everybody that influenced me and things of that…

— Yung Berg

Hip-hop has been so important in my work, because it speaks to the idea of money being tied to cultural capital in…

— Lauren Greenfield

“That's a story that a lot of people don't know. I was about to do something really stupid, and Tupac stopped me.…

— Flavor Flav

Somewhere down the line, the evil ones stole the legacy of hip hop and flipped it to a corporate type of hip…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Drake and Kanye, y'all gotta move out of the way. I'm younger than y'all. I look better than y'all. I got more…

— Soulja Boy

I've always idolized Jay-Z He's one of my favorite persons, even before I knew him personally.

— Romeo Santos

In future, if I get a chance to perform, I will go for hip hop, locking and popping. Indian is definitely not…

— Kiku Sharda

I'm serious; I don't, I don't rap. I flow; I'm a flow-er. You've got rappers, you got MCs, and then you got…

— Method Man

Being called a conscious rapper is quite a compliment. It's a great thing to be. But as an artist, my nature is…

— Talib Kweli

It must surprise people that I'm such a rap fan, but it's true. Sometimes, just staying in, putting on some rap music,…

— Phoebe Tonkin

I've seen it all before. Now that it's over I shoulda known better than to think this was real and you could…

— Drake

That's the reason why I'm making albums. That's the reason why I love hip-hop: It's a challenge every time.

— Jay-Z

I like Biggie. Like 'Pac, he was one of the best rappers in the business. Why would I try to do something…

— Suge Knight

Growing up in New York City and hip-hop are two inseparable things, two things that are totally intertwined in our lives.

— Mike D

When people say to me, 'What do you think of rap music?', my answer is, 'There's no such thing. There's rap, and…

— Anonymous

The competitive nature of hip-hop culture has always had battling involved with it. So you battle with the other artist but not…

— Curtis Jackson

I think that Eminem is very talented and remarkably bright, and I actually do like a lot of his music.

— Moby

I put everyone in my school on to Nicki Minaj before she blew up. I was obsessed with her and I was…

— Angel Haze

In my opinion, some of the hip-hop records that come out, people are willing to compromise. I'm not.

— Dr. Dre

Yo, people are saying Tyga had the biggest comeback. Tyga? Tyga! Lime in the coconut Tyga? Yo, get out of here.

— Soulja Boy

My conception wasn't immaculate I ain't mastering no calculus, A good addition to the rap audience.

— Lupe Fiasco

These broke rappers always rappin bout a pink truck. I'm only happy when I'm hoppin out the Brinks truck.

— Nicki Minaj

I love having my son in my life. That's why it's more fathers in the hip-hop community, because they probably went through…

— Cam'ron

I will never forget u 2pac! You are a legendary your music is unspeakable it's remarkable it's beautiful!:)

— Anonymous

In the English market, I would love to work with Drake and Rihanna. Who doesn't, right? In the Spanish market, maybe Romeo…

— Nicky Jam

The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government.

— Chuck D

Hip-hop has always been speaking about the way your brain is manipulated by stress and struggle because hip-hop is borne from struggle.

— Vic Mensa

Drake is one of my favorite artists, so it would definitely be a honor to make a track with him.

— Le'Veon Bell

Alex Tumay is a recording engineer who works a lot with Young Thug and a load of other rappers, like Quavo. I'm…

— Rex Orange County