Run DMC brought us out of that underground-only feel. They brought rap above ground and made it respectable as an art form… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
Welcome all of yall to my dark recesses this is where I keep my BARS like bathtub ledges. — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
It often takes two to do a good painting - one to paint it, and another to rap the painter smartly with… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
When I was in south Sudan, people used to rap in my village. But the rapping was more in the mother tongue,… — Emmanuel Jal Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of music. I would say I'm a fan of late '90s to early 2000s rap. That's where… — Tyga Copy Share Image
...But until then, I'ma shine to the last sin, Resurrect through the birth of my son, and live again. — Intelligent Hoodlum Copy Share Image
A wise man sees failure as progress. A fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic, And loses his soul in the… — Canibus Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of what I was able to do during the '90s, when baggy pants were in and East/West rap was… — Jaleel White Copy Share Image
Rock and roll to the beat of the funk fuzz Wipe your feet really good on the rhythm rug If you feel… — Q-Tip Copy Share Image
I'm not really interested in rappers who talk about rap. I don't talk about it, and I don't like listening to other… — Paul Wall Copy Share Image
I started doing shows in places that I couldn't pronounce, didn't know existed, and I've seen people that didn't speak English or… — Pitbull Copy Share Image
A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name? Or Elton John,… — Watkin Tudor Jones Copy Share Image
My kids are the most inspiring thing that pushes me. It used to be because they were born, and I had to… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Rap music is a combination of many different arts to make something new. There's always been a stigma that its existence would… — Chance the Rapper Copy Share Image
I was, like, 12 or 13; the first hip hop song I tried to rapping to was Macklemore's 'Thrift Shop,' and my… — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
With the pervasive popularity of rap music and a black man sitting in the White House, there's no reason to pretend the… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
Laugh now, cry later: this is the karma. Hip-hop never died, it's just sick of the drama. — Cormega Copy Share Image
I'm going to forever have a love for music. I just don't think I'm going to rap forever. — Latto Copy Share Image
I've always been an outsider everywhere I go - I don't fit in with the Swedish rap community or the American rap… — Yung Lean Copy Share Image
Nowadays, you gots ta walk the street and watch your back, Cause brothers with the gats don't be knowin' how to act. — Shyheim Copy Share Image
When I'm in my rap mode, I'm probably gonna ride in a black truck or a nice car. But if I'm just… — Sexyy Red Copy Share Image
I'm out for presidents to represent me (Say what?) I'm out for dead presidents to represent me. — Nas Copy Share Image
If you really think back to the culture or just black America before rap music took off, New York could have been… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
The first rap that I wrote was about my Maths teacher, and as expected, he didn't like it, but the students loved… — Badshah Copy Share Image
Keep my planets in orbit, Never forfeit or quit, Move forward... I talk with the awkward slang, I walk with the Wu-Tang. — RZA Copy Share Image
We was sneakin' in and it was general admission, Now we ownin' the arena and decidin' who allowed in it. — Curren$y Copy Share Image
Your mom's in our business...she's in our business... Can't you see, girl, that your mom's trying to end this? — K-Solo Copy Share Image
My parents are both definitely supportive of my career.They are both big fans of rap. They are really what influenced me. — Joey Badass Copy Share Image
Be a father, if not, why bother, son? A boy can make 'em, but a man can raise one. If you did… — Ed O.G Copy Share Image
I never live alone, I never walk alone. My posse's always ready And they're waitin' in my zone. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Havin' cash is highly addictive, especially when you're used to havin' money to live with. — Prodigy Copy Share Image
God really exists, I tell you like this: It resides inside. And anybody tell you different, Just selling you religion, Tryin' to… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Favorite rap album? Damn. Lil Wayne's mixtapes... He got a lot of good mixtapes like 'Da Drought 3.' — Jamal Murray Copy Share Image
I like to make music, I like rap music. Even if I'm white, I support that music. If I want to support… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
I get physical, mystical, very artistical... Giving party people something funky to listen to. — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
With rap, it's a funny thing. You can say things, and people can take 'em the way they wanna take 'em. — Young Jeezy Copy Share Image
Everybody raps. We rap to make money. We do business. Ain't no other record company out there that sold as many records… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day… — Lindsay Lohan Copy Share Image
By no means am I excusing homophobic rap lyrics, but as a product of the same environments that birthed hip-hop, I fully… — Karamo Brown Copy Share Image
