Throughout my rapping career, I always cooked for myself and anyone I worked with. It's what actually kept me grounded through those… — Coolio Copy Share Image
I first started rapping when I heard the Sugarhill Gang in 1979, when I was 11 years old in seventh grade. — E-40 Copy Share Image
When it came to hip-hop... I don't know. Maybe I was insecure. You know, this is the early '90s. If you were… — Charlie Day Copy Share Image
It never crossed my mind that I was the white guy rapping. I was best friends with Chamillionaire and whatever he did,… — Paul Wall Copy Share Image
The type of music I make, it's not just straight-up rapping. There's emotion in it. That's why people feel each song differently.… — Lil Uzi Vert Copy Share Image
Earlier in our country, rapping was not considered as a proper art form, as it is not a song. But now, incorporation… — Badshah Copy Share Image
Rapping's a release of the good and the bad - that's the definition of hyphy. You can't be like that, you can't… — Keak da Sneak Copy Share Image
I have done whole projects with Scoop Deville, I like to basically work with a single producer. I always just worked on… — Young De Copy Share Image
I was a rapper. Like every black kid I was attracted to rapping. I wanted to be like L.L. Cool J and… — Al B. Sure Copy Share Image
I look at my career and I feel I have the potential to maybe mature into a Samuel Jackson-type older cat, and… — Ice T Copy Share Image
There's been lots of theater that uses hip-hop in it, but more often than not, it's used as a joke - isn't… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
At the start, it would kind of been more about freestyling. But then I started to sing over the beats. And then… — Rag'n'Bone Man Copy Share Image
When you listen to records like 'Foreclosure,' that's like me sitting in a room by myself just rapping about things that's running… — Rick Ross Copy Share Image
I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping, 'cause… — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
I started rapping at the age of 12. That's when I wrote my first song, but I was more intrigued on learning… — Ozuna Copy Share Image
The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental break… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
Young kids out here see what's on TV and feel like they can start rapping. They think rappers are rich and really… — Rahki Copy Share Image
When I started Fool's Gold and producing consistent records that were like electro beats with rapping on it that was experimental and… — A-Trak Copy Share Image
My parents are both into music. My mom sings and my dad plays piano, so there was always music everywhere. I was… — Tink Copy Share Image
You can put together an album with a bunch of producers, but your vision has to be clear. If you just grab… — Young De Copy Share Image
If you want to say something profound, writing from your heartbeat is different than writing from the loud voices you get from… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I grew up with park jams. That's how I knew about rap... The local MCs would grab the mic and start rapping.… — Pepa Copy Share Image
I remember the first time I realized I wanted to write songs and its really funny. I was watching a Fruity Pebbles… — Gym Class Heroes Copy Share Image
When I say that I'm not dancing, people get it confused, like I'm not going to do anything outside of rap. It's… — Astro Copy Share Image
I started rapping because my mom died when I was about 11 years old, and I was a very rebellious kid. I've… — Tory Lanez Copy Share Image
I had written rap songs in the early '90s and even did a couple homemade rap songs with my brother in like… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
To be honest, Nas was my favorite artist growing up. The way he told stories, I could close my eyes and imagine… — Nav Copy Share Image
On my first record, I rapped about me being on the block every day and hanging out in the 'hood, basically doing… — Nelly Copy Share Image
I had been introduced to rapping in a way where women and people did it, it was structured. It had this very… — Princess Nokia Copy Share Image
I started playing instruments before I started making beats, and I was never the best guitarist or the best pianist or the… — Russ Copy Share Image
When I was signed to Quincy Jones before I went independent, he told me to rap what you know, and people will… — Tech N9ne Copy Share Image
I really want to do the unexpected, and I think that's what I did when I executed 'Long.Live.A$AP.' I wanted people to… — ASAP Rocky Copy Share Image
I used to write little rhyming words on the paper. I'd start rapping them at home, when I'd finish my homework. I… — Marvin Bagley III Copy Share Image
I like my R&B, my hip-hop. But I'm old school, I don't like a lot of new stuff. Though I do like… — P. K. Subban Copy Share Image
The way I think it all went down was MTV was doing a special on people and my publicist heard about it.It… — Mic Geronimo Copy Share Image
Usually, I think of the song, and then the video plays out in my head as I'm writing the song. I started… — Lil Dicky Copy Share Image
I had one of those tape players with a strap on it and the orange button - the old-school recorder - and… — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
I am my own parent when it comes to rapping and do impromptu stuff. Being a rapper, you have to be good… — Raftaar Copy Share Image
I've always been surrounded by music. The arts have been in my life for a long long time. It was just always… — Eskeerdo Copy Share Image
Another blunt rapping twister, another story told a new motel packed that play that coming through your audio, switch it like a… — Pac Div Copy Share Image
