If there's something you want to say or talk about, then that's what rap is all about - talking about your own… — Stefflon Don Copy Share Image
I'm not in that state of mind that I was back in '86 - hip-hop is not in that state of mind… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Who wouldn't want a baby girl? They're the best! And I know that's what Kanye has always wanted; he wanted a little… — Kim Kardashian Copy Share Image
You know, Tupac would go into the studio and make like six or seven songs in one day. That's how he operated.… — E-40 Copy Share Image
Rapping was something I always wanted to do, so after school, my friends and I would catch the bus to my house… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
Way before this rap shit I was wild nn my grind. Sold more purple pills than Em and D12. See him in… — Stack Bundles Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to Tupac, Biggie and other hip hop artists in the 90s. To this day, their music is still… — Michael Isabella Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I found it to be kind of ironic, because I’m white, therefore I’m appropriating culture, but then Eminem won it - who’s… — Iggy Azalea Copy Share Image
I got to meet a lot of cool people [on the Voice], and my favorite part about the experience was getting to… — Curtis Grimes Copy Share Image
He's from Fayetteville. I'm from Charlotte. We got two different upbringings. All in all though, I love J. Cole's perspective and I… — DaBaby Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I never understood the idea that I was a 'backpack rapper.' I think that's a lazy way that people started thinking. They… — Wale Copy Share Image
Travis Scott is definitely a big inspiration. Lil Wayne was a big one. Lil Wayne, 50 Cent. Those were my two, like,… — Lil Skies Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I started rapping before anybody had ever bought a car from it. It was truly about the art form and the culture,… — Ice T Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Everyone has the notion that hip-hop is messy and loose, but there's also another level to it. — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
People think, 'Oh, I don't need to worry about him,' and they underestimate me because I am a rapper. — Lil Jon Copy Share Image
I think every rapper should know how to sing, like a little bit. I mean common man it'll make your rapping better… — SonReal Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I wanted us to have a friendly relationship [with Kanye West]. He promised to play the song for me, but he never… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was one of the first rappers to have his own forum. Then 50 Cent made 'Thisis50.com,' and everyone made sites just… — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
I stop and stare at the younger, my heart goes to 'em, they stressed out and goin' under. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
While writing a normal song, we just pen four lines and then we have a chorus and some lines again. But rap… — Raftaar Copy Share Image
The only memorable people who came to Guernsey in my lifetime were Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 - I swear that was… — Mura Masa Copy Share Image
You know I've got some Waylan Jennings in me and I've also got some Eric B. & Rakim in me. — Everlast Copy Share Image
Scandinavian rap started in the '90s, off the back of Run DMC, and it was a bunch of Swedish dudes doing the… — Yung Lean Copy Share Image
The Cash Money sound pretty much changed the era. It kind of put the business into rap. It was like, 'Get your… — Mannie Fresh Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I would love to be friends with Kanye West, because I know he is not a dreadful person, he is a lovely… — Thomston Copy Share Image
I think Gotye is really dope. The music that I enjoy listening to isn't as intense as my music is. — B.o.B Copy Share Image
When you're a rapper, just a rapper, you have to kind of settle for whatever comes your way - if a beat… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring. — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
For all you sucker MC's perpetratin a FRAUD. Your rhymes are cold wack and keep the crowd cold lost. — Run DMC Copy Share Image
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