It's cool to be an Indian rapper, but it's a challenge and a responsibility, too, because you have to represent everything the… — Nav Copy Share Image
Because I am white, I feel like certain opportunities were thrown to me through all of the people from the white community… — Scott Storch Copy Share Image
People grapple with labeling me as hip-hop, R&B, or pop, and it's interesting to me. I'm just making music. — SZA Copy Share Image
Better to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction. — LeCrae Copy Share Image
I remember going on iTunes and 'Hamilton' was like the number one rap album, above like Fetty Wap, which is just impossible,… — Jasmine Cephas Jones Copy Share Image
When I started listening to rap music, I loved the fact that there were stories being told in 16 bars. — Badshah Copy Share Image
I believe gangsta rap, as such, in its foundation is simply anti-systemic and transgressive. — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
I was never just a 'fill in 16 bars on a beat' rapper. I was making real songs from the jump. — Mac Miller Copy Share Image
Mostly every form of American music is dead. It's been dead. R&B isn't really good. You got a handful of great guys… — Nas Copy Share Image
I've always been a MC that wrote socially and politically aware songs, although I listen to all types of hip-hop. This time… — Speech Debelle Copy Share Image
I think its funny when people say a female rapper is too sexually charged, maybe the way I do it is a… — Iggy Azalea Copy Share Image
According to Life & Style Weekly, 50 Cent may be working on Lindsay Lohan's next album. Finally, a match made in rap… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
I wrote and produced millions and millions of selling records, so my publishing company alone was worth millions of dollars. I didn't… — Rick James Copy Share Image
Dear Kanye West. It is YOU who is so busy disrespecting artistry. You disrespect your own remarkable talents and more importantly you… — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image
Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
What I want to say about the Kanye thing is that whoever wants me to be in their life - whether it's… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
“Some men are born to be good some born to be bad As for me I only came with just a pen… — Carlos Salinas Copy Share Image
Once upon a time Americans didn't want to listen to Canadian rap and now Drake's the biggest rapper in the world. — AJ Tracey Copy Share Image
All of a sudden it became that hip hop didn't used to be about partying; hip hop used to be about putting… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is my vehicle for scientific enlightenment. It wasn't until my music career matured where I was exposed to science as an… — Gza Copy Share Image
I used to rap as a kid and people were impressed by it, so it gave me the drive to keep going.… — Danny Brown Copy Share Image
The early '90s was the best time for hip-hop. The Cube's, the Snoop's, the Dre's - that was a golden time with… — DJ Yella Copy Share Image
Love Young Thug. Atlanta legend. I don't understand most of the time what he's saying, but I can repeat it and I… — Rubi Rose Copy Share Image
I first rhymed at 5, but it was not until I was 6 that I got serious about it, so Ive been… — Bow Wow Copy Share Image
When we were making 'Juvenile Hell,' we were listening to the Jungle Brothers, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, Biz Markie, A Tribe Called… — Prodigy Copy Share Image
For a long time I heard rap without paying attention, but it is still a way of life, even when you're a… — Young Thug Copy Share Image
Everybody knows with rap artists, if you can't go to the hood, it's almost like you're not authentic, even if you're a… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
All good niggers, all the niggers who change the world, die in violence. They don't die in regular ways. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
The first rap CD that I had, it was so different for me. The energy, the wordplay, all that caught my attention,… — Bad Bunny Copy Share Image
I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of… — Ice T Copy Share Image
I didn't study no rappers when I was coming up. I was studying moguls. I was studying Jay Z. I was studying… — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
I really didn't even pick producers. I just picked beats, except for Dre - he's the only producer I knew I wanted… — Nate Dogg Copy Share Image
I saw an interview with Jay-Z where he said he didn't write down any of his lyrics, so I tried that. — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
When I started DJing, because everyone called me 'Snake' in my city first, I was like, 'DJ Snake - OK, let's go… — DJ Snake Copy Share Image
Wrestling has grown so big... it's almost a culture. And it's a culture of all types of vibes, just like hip-hop has… — Jam Master Jay Copy Share Image
Any rapper will tell you when you're working with someone like Cole, it's like a match of wits. You gotta go crazy,… — Benny the Butcher Copy Share Image
I'm under the radar. I don't live like a rapper. If I don't gotta go to the studio then I'm just living… — Sexyy Red Copy Share Image
Working with Pharrell was a dream... Collaborations like that are where you come up with sounds that maybe you wouldn't have found… — Rosalia Copy Share Image
People don't really call me a rapper. They call me Mr. 'Trap Queen'. The 'Trap Queen' Guy. — Fetty Wap Copy Share Image
If a hip-hop artist can get on stage and entertain an arena full of 30,000 people and keep their attention for 45… — Redman Copy Share Image
