Some people say I'm conscious, some say I'm a gangsta rapper - it's just me doing me. I'm stomping in my own… — Nas Copy Share Image
For me, surviving Compton is surviving the men, because Suge and Dre are from Compton. So in my world, in my mind,… — Michel'le Copy Share Image
Oh, my dad listens to a lot of 2Pac, Ice Cube and WC. That's what he was listening to a lot when… — Lonzo Ball Copy Share Image
I got all types of rapper homeboys that's friends, that's dope, that's legends. Everytime they're dropping an album, I'm not asking why… — Benny the Butcher Copy Share Image
My theory is that hip-hop is the most advanced version of civilisation on earth, and we are here to usher the rest… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I was a hop-around. I hung out with the rockabilly crew, the guys who were trying to be rappers, the funny kids. — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
I'm massively obsessed with Frank Ocean, so it's always great when he decides to release music. — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
“Drake comes over and sits on the arm of the couch, a Landon no-no. Figures. Drake can knock girls up, deform the… — Addison Moore 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
When I was growing up, white people made fun of me. So it was always strange to me as I would gain… — Paul Wall Copy Share Image
When I was 20, I was the hustler - rubbing my temples, stressed, trying to get out the streets, trying to take… — E-40 Copy Share Image
Ricky's [Reed] a lot like me. He always says we have the same brain. He does all different genres, and it just… — Meghan Trainor Copy Share Image
I had had a troubled past, but like most rappers they go out and talk about it to kind of help their… — Mark Wahlberg Copy Share Image
Our talent and skill as rappers is clearly the first thing you notice. I don't know what we were thinking. We just… — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
I never pictured myself as just a rapper; I always wanted to act and do whatever else I could do. I always… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to act like I ain't a big deal when I am. I'm one of the most successful, relevant and influential… — Princess Nokia Copy Share Image
There's a lot of other rappers that aren't what they claim to be, and they get a pass because they're black. — Logic Copy Share Image
While I made a splash, rappers came and passed But still I ask myself: how long does famous last? — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
I chose to deal with the underdogs on '1 Train.' I could've got the biggest superstars in the rap game, but why… — ASAP Rocky Copy Share Image
Rap music is just computerised crap. I listen to Top of the Pops and after three songs I feel like killing someone. — George Harrison Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do music. I was very doubtful. I was like, 'Oh my God. No one wants to hear a… — Rico Nasty Copy Share Image
I can't stand rap…people who can't sing do rap…you can sing rebellion as well as talk it…Hitler would have been in a… — John Entwistle Copy Share Image
Should we cry when the pope dies, my request we should cry if they cried when we buried Malcom X — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
My favorite era of hip-hop was between '85-'89. That was the era that got me to love hip-hop. — El-P Copy Share Image
Your reign on the top was short like leprechauns, As I crush so-called Willies, thugs, and rapper-dons. — The Notorious B.I.G Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is the people. What the people are moving toward is what hip-hop is. I think people are moving toward a freer… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
Hip Hop is an idea. It is the pursuit of one's authentic being through the arts. It is not a physical thing;… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
A great storm puts out a little fire but feeds a strong one. Trials conquer weak faith but grow a strong faith. — LeCrae Copy Share Image
I'm always gonna rap. Rapping's what I started doing, I even sang when I first started rapping, when I couldn't really sing… — SonReal Copy Share Image
I had T-Pain on one of my singles before anyone really knew of him. I was the first one to put that… — E-40 Copy Share Image
I'd love to work with Drake; I'd love to work with Frank Ocean, Jay Z, and Kanye. The list is endless. — Dua Lipa Copy Share Image
I'm proud of Jay Z's success and Kanye's success. Inside, I feel like I had something to do with their success... I… — Damon Dash Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people can learn from listening to hip hop. It ain't always about beats and rhymes. — Raekwon Copy Share Image
I think that we, as the African-American men in hip-hop, we have a greater responsibly because we have the ears of so… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
Mariah Carey, Rihanna, the female rapper Nicki Minaj, my kids - and what do they all have in common? They're all lighter… — Mathew Knowles Copy Share Image
I really don't think I have a genre, honestly, 'cause I make such different music even though it is rap. — Denzel Curry Copy Share Image