Skateboarding was my introduction to rap and the first rap…

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

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

Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my…

— Sharon Horgan

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 gave birth to most of them MC's... So when it comes around to the month of May, Send me your royalty check for…

— Roxanne Shante

There were people who incorporated melody before me, but I would deem myself the first person to successfully rap and sing.

— Drake

Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest of it…

— Al Stewart

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

— Raekwon

I mean family is more important than anything in life. Family is important than my crew, D-Block, my rap career anything... It's the most…

— Styles P

Rap actually took root in the Negro community, and then in the Hispanic community, long before it impacted on the larger American community as…

— Archie Shepp

It's not about a salary, it's all about reality.

— KRS-One

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

I stand up for other people, I'm very protective of people around me. If I feel like somebody is getting a bad rap or…

— Christina Ricci

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

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