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
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
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
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
As I was sitting there, the deejay was playing music and talking over the music, and the kids were going crazy. All… — Sylvia Robinson 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
As much as people try to pit black entertainers against one another, because of the underlying feeling that there can't be two… — David Banner Copy Share Image
And I'm not sure why I'm infatuated with death, My imagination is surely an aggravation of threats... Maybe cause I'm a dreamer,… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock… — Bobby Vinton Copy Share Image
We Gonna Win' is a song of triumph, It represents my personal belief that with hard work, talent and dedication, everything is… — Miri Ben-Ari Copy Share Image
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore —… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
I wouldn't write about sh*t I don't know. You won't hear me write about politics in Africa and stuff, because I don't… — Ice T Copy Share Image
Prince, Bootsy Collins, Earth Wind & Fire and Parliament all had albums that sound different. I wanted to show, as a hip-hop… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
My come-out record, '10 Day,' was the thing people were supposed to hear and figure out 'he's good' or 'he's not good.'… — Chance the Rapper Copy Share Image
I've just really been into melody and lyrics and songwriting. Writing a rap, to me, is easy. I could write a rap… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
Our first conversation went like: 'So, what do you do in the Philippines for fun?' 'Well, I like to rap and breakdance.'… — apl.de.ap Copy Share Image
I've never got the vibe that they would do a gospel song. 'Cause when they talking about doing another Geto Boys album… — Bushwick Bill Copy Share Image
Well I'm not just gon' go and do rap songs. I wanna touch, and maybe help, and see what I can do… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
You can't write a book if you've never read a book. And if you've read five books and you try to write… — Bun B Copy Share Image
To everyone saying rap is bad for society, I disagree. Rap is good for society as is any genre of music, it's… — Palenana Mae Copy Share Image
The poverty rate among black married couples has been in single digits ever since 1994. You would never learn that from most… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
And since we all came from a woman Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman..I wonder why… — Tupac Copy Share Image
If you're true to the upliftment of people and the unity of people, raising the self-worth of people, then you live within… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Me being biracial, me being from Canada but having success in the States, I have all these moments in my life where… — Drake Copy Share Image
When you're trying to bring the streets into rap to prove a point, then you already lost. You separate the two, and… — Young Jeezy Copy Share Image
It's not that you don't make any money doing conscious rap music. You make a lot of money doing this, but if… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist who's making something which isn't how… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I never gave up rapping - it gave up on me. There was no industry and no appetite for UK rap back… — Doc Brown Copy Share Image
Now on the first day of Christmas, my homeboy gave to me A sack of the krazy glue and told me to… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
God's the seamtress that tailor-fitted my pain yo I got scriptures in my brain I can spit at yo dane straight the… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
I didn't have to sell my soul for money. I didn't have to go through trap music; I could just help Ye… — Cyhi the Prynce Copy Share Image
It's only five rappers out of Atlanta who bussin and I'm one of 'em; the other four you know who you are;… — T.I Copy Share Image
I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - there's nothing… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Rhyme to kill, rhyme to murder, rhyme to stomp, Rhyme to ill, rhyme to romp, Rhyme to smack, rhyme to shock, rhyme… — Kool Keith Copy Share Image
I'll make a song with Rick Rubin, a song with Beyonce, a song with Lenny Kravitz. I just believe in making good… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
It was magic, I felt the bond between us. She was a jelly to my peanuts, Mars to Venus, The Earth to… — Ghostface Killah Copy Share Image
We could fight the fuss till we get like friends, Or somebody bite the dust and we split like ends. Even in… — ASAP Rocky Copy Share Image
When I first started rapping, when I switched my style to more like a punch line style - this is when I'm… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
