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
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
In hip-hop, what you have is you have a lot of formulaic-type bands or rappers that come up. They saw something on… — Sir Mix-a-Lot Copy Share Image
If an athlete plays the guitar, they say, 'That's so cool, he can play the guitar.' But if a guy raps, they… — Iman Shumpert Copy Share Image
I remember rap music. We used to party and dance off of it. Today it's all about a whole different angle... Rappers… — Flavor Flav Copy Share Image
As I said I mean the substance is definitely missing from a lot of Hip Hop music. A lot of people are… — Diggy Simmons Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is getting to the point now where they are going to start sounding like Al Jarreau or Bobby McFerrin or some… — George Clinton Copy Share Image
And I learned a lot from working with this kid, and I think he's gonna be a big star. Remember the name,… — Alan Vega Copy Share Image
When I did 'Funkdafied' with JD, he was like, 'Okay, look Brat. I'ma tell you now - female rappers pretty much only… — Da Brat Copy Share Image
I've always been jealous of rappers, because they can fit so many words into a song and tell a story with lots… — Skylar Grey Copy Share Image
When hip-hop was new and raw, it was all about being an MC. You wanted to be respected as a lyricist. But… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
Nothing is more untoward than a grown man tasking another with snapping a pic expressly so he can 'flex the 'fit.' It's… — Mary H.K. Choi Copy Share Image
I'm the most sampled and stolen. What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine, too... I got a song about that...… — James Brown Copy Share Image
There's a lot of real unity - and a lot fake unity, sadly. I think a lot of people are going to… — Wale Copy Share Image
Rhyme patterns are nothing without meanings to the words. A lot of rappers can do those flows, but the raps aren't really… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
People didn't really take white rappers seriously until Eminem, because he was better than everybody. Like female emcees, you need to be… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I think it's such open game to make fun of myself. First of all, as a white rapper you have to have… — Simon Rex Copy Share Image
I guess rap has such a bad name, because everybody can do it now, and that's probably why people don't want to… — Goldlink Copy Share Image
Female rappers get it the hardest. You have to be a girl, yet you have to be just as hard as the… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
There is a community in hip-hop. It doesn't seem like that anywhere else, except maybe in punk rock. But punk rock is… — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
The hip hop industry is most likely owned by gays. I happen to think there's a gay mafia in hip hop. Not… — Fat Joe Copy Share Image
What people have to realize is this: You have rappers who are popular or whatever for the time being, but that don't… — Cam'ron Copy Share Image
I paid attention to the music industry and watching a lot of stuff on TV, behind-the-scenes stuff on old DVDs, and paying… — Young M.A Copy Share Image
All the other rappers around me aren't saying anything worthwhile. They're lost in rap: all they do is tell you they're a… — Skepta Copy Share Image
A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They just think of the rappers. When… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
Dealing with the old school rappers, you see a lot of humility. When you're new, nothing is wrong. Everything is tight. Because… — Ice T Copy Share Image
You elementary rappers are straight remedial, A.D.D. 'm in my own world partna, and you don't fit there. All your tech hatred… — Tech N9ne Copy Share Image
I can't expect rappers to be politicized when Americans are not socially motivated enough to care about their own lives and public… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
I'm putting everything on the line in being able to express myself in a different way than rappers normally do. They might… — Nayvadius Cash Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a book like a rapper would write it - I didn't want to hold back. Rappers catch a… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
Of course the concept is to give people samples to get them hooked, I get that. But to continuously give away our… — David Banner Copy Share Image
I grew up around a bunch of rappers and street dudes and they were always like: 'yo! She's a little different but… — Tierra Whack Copy Share Image
You know, Castle's the kind of guy that when he meets somebody, that's a connection for him. He remains connected to the… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
Marley is someone before his time, man. He's - he's almost - he's like a deity, like almost, you know what I… — Nas Copy Share Image
A lot of rappers nowadays will say they don't listen to anybody, but I like to hear what's going on. I don't… — Fabolous Copy Share Image
There's a lot of good rappers in England at the moment. There's a lot of good dance acts. A lot of good,… — Ian Brown Copy Share Image
When I was little I definitely listened to a lot of DMX and 50 Cent. Those were probably the two main rappers… — Lonzo Ball Copy Share Image
No [other rappers are on my level], none of them. Here, let me put it like this in the sky, there are… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I came into the rap game in 1992; my life was changing, but my group wasn't successful; I also saw the biggest… — Ja Rule Copy Share Image
I don't want to do one of those records where it's like a compilation of a bunch of all sorts of rappers… — Flying Lotus Copy Share Image
![“Of course the concept is to give people samples to get them hooked, I get that. But to continuously give away our music, that's the reason why you don't see [many] rap award shows anymore, the reason that you don't see rappers in commercials anymore; because we have allowed our music to be devalued.” quote by David Banner](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/855/david-banner-27948_award-shows_of-course-the-concept-is-to-give-people_1908939.jpg)
![“No [other rappers are on my level], none of them. Here, let me put it like this in the sky, there are a million stars, but when the sun appears, you see none of them. I am the sun.” quote by KRS-One](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fe1/krs-one-2404_let-me_no-other-rappers-are-on-my-level-none-of_2970053.png)
