You know, jazz is the mother of all American music. R&B and pop and rap and everything are the branches on the… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
We in the 25th hour, It's now or never. We gotta get it 'fore it's gone forever. In the end, time waits… — Reks Copy Share Image
I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin' to assassinate my character, that's impossible. You talkin' about a man who… — Suge Knight Copy Share Image
There were people who incorporated melody before me, but I would deem myself the first person to successfully rap and sing. — Drake Copy Share Image
Rap is good for politics because when you make a rap record, you put good music on a track and people listen… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
As far as Rap goes Tupac was my favorite, I used to sing some of his songs in my set before I… — Michael Tolcher Copy Share Image
I have always been writing but when I started rapping I was just playing around. My friends told me I needed a… — Dreezy Copy Share Image
There have been numerous times when my career was supposed to be over because of mathematics, you know, age and numbers,' he… — Too Short Copy Share Image
Rap was slowly becoming one of my hustles, but it wasn't my main hustle. But I come from a family of hustlers,… — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
I stand out. I don't really think I fit in with the 'what rap is' today. I feel like I stand out… — Dave East Copy Share Image
Came from a song that I made from, like, 2012 - there was some phrase like 'Rap Monster', and I just, I… — RM Copy Share Image
When you look at a guy like a Jay-Z or look at a guy like a Nas, you don't necessarily qualify them… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Songwriting was always my passion, it just came out in the form of rap. When I listen back to my old mixtapes,… — Jelly Roll Copy Share Image
That's the beautiful thing about the saxophone. It can peacefully coexist with just about anything - whether it's hip-hop, rap, rock music,… — Dave Koz Copy Share Image
People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm… — Bruce Hornsby Copy Share Image
The FBI is urging all Americans to beware of any letters or packages that have badly misspelled words. Man, this is going… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I have tried... believe me, I have tried to like rap music. It makes me feel so very, very old. I have… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Lisa 'Left-Eye' Lopes in TLC, she stood out a lot with her rap. It was so different, the way she would flow. — Stefflon Don Copy Share Image
I think people underestimate because I'm the rap guy, I'm a crazy guy, screaming all the time. But that doesn't mean that… — Lil Jon Copy Share Image
Rap songs don't always have to have a message. They can be done for pure entertainment or just to get a laugh. — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
Grew up in Stapleton House village, where blood flood the waters in the streets like oil spillage — RZA Copy Share Image
I can rap in a London accent, make weird faces, wear spandex, wigs, and black lipstick. I can be more creative than… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
I got Soul Power, never took a cold shower, Never had a girlfriend the color of cooking flour. — J-Ro Copy Share Image
What you base your happiness around? Material, women, and large paper? That means you inferior, not major. — Nas Copy Share Image
I can't freestyle or else I'll just start saying anything, so I'll write the song first and then record. I'll rap to… — Tee Grizzley Copy Share Image
I listen a lot to rap, and I'm inspired to take it, to use it in another way, to get the message… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
This thing called rhymin' is no different than coal minin'; We both on assignment to unearth the diamond. — Mos Def Copy Share Image
Personally, I don't give a rap for documents; for the truth in my eyes is not in them but in the mind. — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image
The hit rap duo Kris Kross wore their trousers backwards, in the Nineties, and I wore my trousers backwards to a school… — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
I hate rap music, which to me sounds like a bunch of angry men shouting, possibly because the person who was supposed… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Don't get offended, there's no need for insecurity, Age is but a number, it's all about maturity. — Chi-Ali Copy Share Image
I feel like I got fans that love me for more than just the rap. They love me as a person, they… — Boosie Copy Share Image
I'm 100 percent original, and that's what got me here. My rap music is more understandable, slower. It tells a story. You… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
For what it's worth, I've been a hip-hopper from birth. Try to disrespect, and get your ass played up like a Smurf. — Extra P Copy Share Image
Rap is the pulsation given by some, usually an electronic rhythm section, without any tonality, and you have someone reading high-school poetry. — Frank Sinatra Jr Copy Share Image
That's one of my struggles as a hip-hop artist. If I feel like doing a super conscious song where I don't even… — SonReal Copy Share Image
Rap is always evolving. It's easy for the old school to hate the new school, but it's a music that got a… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
When I came out rapping on my record, a lot of people said, Oh, you just want to be like Puff. — Jermaine Dupri Copy Share Image
