I'm always trying to better myself in rap.

But reallybe on a better label, or I should say be on a better rap label. I wouldnt really do it over because you…

— Mobb Deep

The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. It starts off, "My DJ's better than…

— Ice T

It's always a consistent approach of trying to get better, listening and learning from everybody else, and then that will help you become a…

— Sean McVay

In the back of my mind, I always knew I had bars. I could rap, ya feel me. It just took for everyone to…

— Rich Homie Quan

I'm only Rich Homie when I got a microphone in my hand. If you see me outside, I'm just Quan. I just do regular…

— Rich Homie Quan

I love songwriting, and rap is part of my songwriting, but I'm not a rapper.

— Amber Liu

It's not that you don't make any money doing conscious rap music. You make a lot of money doing this, but if you're greedy…

— KRS-One

Public Enemy started out as a benchmark in rap music in the mid-1980s. We felt there was a need to actually progress the music…

— Chuck D

My rap comes from a sociological standpoint rather than picking a particular side or dogma or ideology. I just want people to be free…

— Killer Mike

Young kids out here see what's on TV and feel like they can start rapping. They think rappers are rich and really have their…

— Rahki

Rapping and singing are not two polar opposites. There's so much middle ground. And I think there's a lot of people who find that…

— Ezra Koenig

Call me the rap assassinator / rhymes rugged and built like Schwarzenegger

— Raekwon

Learning how to rap actually improved my English, because it forced me to talk fast, and I used to suck at that.

— Rich Brian

I know that in the rap game you've got a lot of people, that come from poverty, was born in poverty and if it…

— Jon Connor

I rap when I'm rich. I rap when I'm broke. I rap when I'm bullshit in the street. I rap about only having one…

— Killer Mike