You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its… — Dan Deacon Copy Share Image
People compare me to Kendrick. I've seen comparisons with Jay-Z, with Nas, with Chance The Rapper. I get a lot of Eminem… — Cordae Copy Share Image
I listened to a lot of Jay Z and Nas, stuff like that, so I was always New York-influenced. I think I… — Rich the Kid Copy Share Image
Everyone just has different things in their life they want to do. I wanted to clean up my bucket list, explore the… — Eric B Copy Share Image
When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless… — Floyd Mayweather, Jr Copy Share Image
I wanted to become a better Snoop Dogg, full of water, proteins and stuff to keep me alive . . . lollipops and Big Macs. — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
If you wanna be a new rapper bring something to the table or you're sittin on the floor - Novi Novak — Novi Novak Copy Share Image
When you go to college you can just be whoever you wanna be. So I got there and I'm like, Yeah, I'ma… — Megan Thee Stallion Copy Share Image
I'm doing a fun EP. It's called 'Songs in the Key of Phife: Eight Is Enough.' It's radio-friendly, but then a lot… — Phife Dawg Copy Share Image
I look at Large Professor as a big influence. I grew up with him and being able to grow up with him… — Mic Geronimo Copy Share Image
I was, like, 12 or 13; the first hip hop song I tried to rapping to was Macklemore's 'Thrift Shop,' and my… — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to everything outside hip-hop. Hip-hop came later in my life. I grew up listening to Black Uhuru, Bob… — Akon Copy Share Image
Growing up in New York, there are a lot of tenement buildings and a lot of projects. You don't leave your projects… — Rza Copy Share Image
As I was sitting there, the deejay was playing music and talking over the music, and the kids were going crazy. All… — Sylvia Robinson Copy Share Image
I got to pick the mind of a genius, and I realized why he was a genius. And I realized the man… — Corey Hawkins Copy Share Image
I've loved hip-hop all of my life, but there came a time in my life when my entire life had a shift:… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And theyll tell you if you… — Isaac Hayes Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is always what's the coolest, and people want to touch that. A lot of the Pop artists always want to get… — Scott Storch Copy Share Image
Jaden Smith is a good friend of mine. We've got that song that just dropped on the 'Rich Forever II' tape, and… — Rich the Kid Copy Share Image
Im just basically spillin out my emotions to the world. Cause rap is about emotion. And I want you to feel what… — Ludacris Copy Share Image
I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats. — Dee Dee Ramone Copy Share Image
The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out,… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought,… — Larry Bird Copy Share Image
I think people have gotten to know Tupac much better since he's been gone than they did when he was here. — Afeni Shakur Copy Share Image
Everybody talks and everybody listens, and somehow the truth just always comes up missin. — Drake Copy Share Image
People bashed Drake based off the fact that he didn't suffer. Who cares! Do you like the music or not? — Lil Yachty Copy Share Image
I would say Tupac influenced me the most to start rapping, but as far as a female icon that I've looked up… — Chanel West Coast Copy Share Image
“If blues culture had developed under the conditions of oppressive, forced labor, hip-hop culture would arise from the conditions of no work” — Jeff Chain in "Can't Stop Won't Stop A History of the Hip-Hop Generation Copy Share Image
Me being a rapper takes up too much of my time. I can't really do the things I need to do, but… — Fivio Foreign Copy Share Image
Hi, my name is best rapper alive and your mouth is the best crapper alive . Cause you talk shit, I get… — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
No, I'll stay Ice-T. This is what got me here, I'm always going to stay true to that. If it weren't for… — Ice T Copy Share Image
In subliminal ways, every song I do, there's something in it that I can attach to hip-hop directly. — Everlast Copy Share Image
My kid was a great baseball player. I thought I had it made. Front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. Then he turned sixteen… — James Caan Copy Share Image
Rap was an outlet for me to express myself. Nobody was trying to hear no R&B/Funk band from East Houston, so I… — Scarface Copy Share Image
The employees of the year, yeah we back to work. I took time off, while other rappers got jerked. — Erick Sermon Copy Share Image
For those from my era, my age, that 2Pac vs. Biggie war will go on forever about who is the greatest. But… — Mannie Fresh Copy Share Image
“In the words of a rap song my neighbor used to play on his boombox when I was a kid: Hold up,… — Mariana Zapata Copy Share Image
Hip-hop belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's one of the most radical, revolutionary and reactionary music there is. — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
Well, I think that hip-hop is not just a music. It's really a culture and it's a way of life. — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
Favorite rap album? Damn. Lil Wayne's mixtapes... He got a lot of good mixtapes like 'Da Drought 3.' — Jamal Murray Copy Share Image
