2 Pac...I really had genuinely brotherly love for Pac when I became a part of the Death Row family, he immediately ran… — MC Hammer Copy Share Image
Believe the best about people. Pray for their short comings. You are not the standard. We all need grace. — LeCrae Copy Share Image
There are rap groups that have a positive outlook in their art. These groups should be shown as an alternative to gangsta… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I missed the old skateboarder Lupe Fiasco. I don't like the new, "rebellious, anti-government" Lupe. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't like calling it Christian rap. Titles are so limiting. It's hip-hop. I'm a rapper. — Andy Mineo Copy Share Image
If you're a black kid from the streets and somebody is rapping about parents not understanding, you'd laugh at that. — MC Ren Copy Share Image
The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In using the English language to create an entirely new art form, the pioneers of Hip Hop created a vessel that grew… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
Man, I would demand that artist come to the table with better variety. I would demand that musicians know music history, not… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
Eazy was an exceptional human being. He was a visionary. He was very Machiavellian, he understood power and how to use it.… — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
East Coast, West Coast, all that needs to cease. Everyone wants hip-hop to be this big empire, but we're not going to… — Da Brat Copy Share Image
Jimmy Iovine, he pretty much started off as an engineer and a producer, and then he started up a label. Then he… — Mike Will Made It Copy Share Image
Most people think its sex, money, and drugs but Hip-Hop is about lyrics, storytelling, and everybody having a different style. That's just… — Rapsody Copy Share Image
Everybody wants the easy stuff, "Okay, I wanna be a rapper. I wish I could fight in order to get more money."… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
When people question me about whether something is hip-hop, I ask them, 'Does it sound hard? Does it hit home? Is it… — Mike Will Made It Copy Share Image
In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of… — Archie Shepp 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
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
Laugh now, cry later: this is the karma. Hip-hop never died, it's just sick of the drama. — Cormega Copy Share Image
Now if you call 'Ain't No Half-Steppin' ' or 'Raw' an old-school song, I agree with you. But if you call Big… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
I love being an example, that, hey, I'm young, I'm a rapper, and the gospel is the power of God for salvation… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
My entryway into hip-hop was - my biggest introduction was obviously like, you know, the Def Jam, Run D.M.C., Beastie Boys, like,… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be one of these rappers that holds his chain up just faking like he has money. I wanted… — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
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
The first splurge that I did, I bought, like, an $80,000 watch, but that's because I'm a rapper. I need jewelry. — Cardi B Copy Share Image
I said I'd do a 'Shotta Flow 6' featuring Lil Wayne. That's the only way I'd come out of 'Shotta Flow' retirement… — NLE Choppa Copy Share Image
Hope you'll forgive me, never meant wrong. Tried to be patient, but waited too long. But I would've came back.. But I… — Drake Copy Share Image
I don't buy fancy things. I donated $2 million to Wu-Tang. I got a mixtape in return. It was a wonderful investment. — Martin Shkreli Copy Share Image
All so convinced that you're following your heart cause your mind don't control what it does sometimes. — Drake Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as just a rapper. But overspending on sneakers? That's a real rapper thing to do. — Saint Jhn Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves… — Coolio 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
Hip-hop influences my talent, but I think that punk and everything else I listened to growing up was who my idols were. — Machine Gun Kelly Copy Share Image
Nobody compares to Drake as far as hits, but Michael Jackson had presence. That's the difference. — Boosie Copy Share Image
For my style influences you've got to look at Kanye first. Pharrell when I was growing up, too. — Nick Young Copy Share Image
I used to really like Method Man and Redman for some reason. And Fabolous. A lot of New York rappers, too. Cam'ron.… — Ski Mask the Slump God Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of Nigerian artist D'banj. He's now signed to Kanye West's Good Music label. — Estelle Copy Share Image
Me and Drake, we just met each other in passing on the road. We kicked it a few times. We kept ending… — Fabolous Copy Share Image
People get caught up in worshipping certain rappers, or they try to demonise hip hop by looking at what certain rappers are… — Afrika Bambaataa 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
