I was straight listening to rap at 15: LL Cool J, the…

I have to stop listening to rap music. It's a bad influence on my life.

— Anonymous

I grew up playing in rock bands while I was listening to rap records. I like a lot of stuff.

— Ricky Reed

Either I'm listening to rap music, getting hyped up to go out and do something, or I'm listening to church music.

— Hailey Rhode Baldwin

I had phases of listening to rap and trap, and then I had phases where I'd listen to post-hardcore, rap, grunge, metal... all that.…

— Juice Wrld

I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music…

— Michael Phelps

To be honest, my whole life I've always been listening to rap music or reggae.

— Spencer Pratt

I started listening to rap music in 2012 or something, because that was when I started becoming friends with American people, and they showed…

— Rich Brian

People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at weddings. I've…

— Janelle Monae

We just play whatever we're into. For a while there, we weren't listening to too much rap stuff, 'cause there wasn't anything interesting.

— Adam Yauch

I don't really like listening to so much rap because I like to have my mind focused on what I'm doing instead of worrying…

— Mustard

I grew up listening to Commission, Kirk Franklin and Hezekiah Walker. If I was found listening to any rap, my pops would throw them…

— Rahki

I think people assume that whatever kind of music you make is the music you listen to. Don't get me wrong, I listen to…

— Bethany Cosentino

I think it's cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of people think…

— Wyclef Jean

Before I even started listening to rap music, I was really into metal and punk.

— Machine Gun Kelly

I want to set the record straight that I did not learn how to speak English by listening to rap.

— Jon Rahm