Lil Uzi and I gave Philly different sounds by stepping outside of the box and not sticking to the stigma. — PnB Rock Copy Share Image
Teddy Riley was telling everyone I was his female rapper, but he never came through. And Michael Bivens promised me all kinds… — Da Brat Copy Share Image
You can do hip-hop no matter how old you are. It's about relating to people, and the older artists have something to… — B-Real Copy Share Image
I think a number of the leaders are, whether you like it or not, in the hip-hop generation. And when they understand… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
We live in an era where it ain't about dope rhymes. When beef is online, and how big is your co-sign... — Jon Connor Copy Share Image
When I came up with KRS-One and Rakim, everybody had to step their lyrical game up to build a fan base. — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
Couples Therapy' is pretty big for me because it's opening the door to a new audience - a hip-hop following, which I… — Carmen Carrera Copy Share Image
When my Heart Can Beat No More I hope die for a principal or a belief that I have lived for — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I was a good student. By 8th grade, you've basically learned everything. By senior year, we was drinking, we was kickin' it,… — Dreezy Copy Share Image
I'm not saying I'm even half as talented or a quarter as talented as any of the people I'm inspired by, but… — Doja Cat Copy Share Image
There's been lots of theater that uses hip-hop in it, but more often than not, it's used as a joke - isn't… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
John Cena actually showed up to do a song with Snoop in L.A. and he walked in and was like, 'What the… — Tyrus Copy Share Image
Homosexuality in hip-hop is an extension of homosexuality in the black community. The black community is very, very conservative when it comes… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
When I fell in love with hip-hop, my favorite rapper was Jay-Z. But I used to like Common and Nas. But I… — Cyhi the Prynce Copy Share Image
I'm a rapper... Gaga's a fantastic artist, you know, she paved her way. She's opened her own lane. But I think that… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
I would like to encourage hip hop artists to invite those of us who are in the queer spaces in, so we… — Karamo Brown Copy Share Image
Very intsirapional! Very intsirapional!But let me tell you The FUNNIEST part Diddy You can't stunt like Baby.Lil Wayne That's impossible!LOL! — Parendi Copy Share Image
Rappers and MCs have always had an alias. Building your character, it helps you to get things out. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
Atlanta is Exhibit A in my belief that the marriage between hip-hop and sports is a failure. — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
You can write a great country record and still be angry. Who's angrier than Toby Keith? He's angrier than the average 10 rappers. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I only know English, so I feel like I can be the dopest French rapper ever if I learned French. — Cordae Copy Share Image
I always do my rap from the outside looking in. Like I do my rap as if I'm looking at me rap. — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
The whole history of music has turned out to be something perfect. It's all come around. The music we did with Funkadelic… — George Clinton Copy Share Image
There's not enough people being daring and different. There are a lot of followers in hip-hop. — Biz Markie Copy Share Image
Kanye's the best. He really, really is. He's cool. And why we've always gotten along is because we can just sit down… — Virgil Abloh Copy Share Image
I never really told anybody that I'm a rapper. I wasn't walking around being like, "Yo, check out my mixtape!" It was… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
Shout out to J. Cole. We come from the same type of struggles. He put the real in his music, I put… — Jay Rock Copy Share Image
Frank Ocean is super dope! He's like a ghost. He's, like, not really real. I didn't think he was real until I… — Lil Yachty Copy Share Image
Tupac and I were just close friends because we had such an insatiable drive and passion for acting and entertainment. — Jada Pinkett Smith Copy Share Image
Lil Wayne was a big inspiration. Started listening to him like 6 years old. His lyrics are crazy, his wordplay and how… — NLE Choppa Copy Share Image
The Temple of Hip-Hop makes sure that we don't just approach hip-hop just through music or through rap. We approach the totality… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has never had boundaries - the more adventurous it is, the more popular it seems to be. — Ariel Rechtshaid Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is universal now, it's all commercial now. It's like a circle full of circus clowns up in the circuit now. — Eminem Copy Share Image
Talk dont make it happen. I do not talk, I am just a rapper. Too tight need muscle relaxer. Im whats next,… — Childish Gambino Copy Share Image
Throughout my rapping career, I always cooked for myself and anyone I worked with. It's what actually kept me grounded through those… — Coolio Copy Share Image
I first started rapping when I heard the Sugarhill Gang in 1979, when I was 11 years old in seventh grade. — E-40 Copy Share Image
One of the first production deals I signed, the guy wanted my name to be Minaj and I fought him tooth and… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
I get offended when people say, 'So, being a white rapper...and growing up white...after being born white...' It's all I ever hear! — Eminem Copy Share Image
I feel like rap fit me better. I could hoop. I could have went and did that, but this is my lifestyle,… — Dave East Copy Share Image
We've been branded 'the thinking man's hip-hop.' So the music's got to have some level of maturity. — Black Thought Copy Share Image
