When I fell in love with hip-hop, there was a terminology at the time called "battling." All that was just battling with… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
When I was 13, before I got in high school, I was writing mad raps. I didn't really know if it was… — A Boogie wit da Hoodie Copy Share Image
If you look at companies like Twitter, Google, all these companies started with ideas and then everybody used it. In my world,… — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
I like challenging myself. I like the challenge of rapping to fast beats, rapping to beats that are super slow, whatever. I… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
Rap is the only super-current music. If you're into reggae or dancehall, and you don't know Bob Marley, then you don't really… — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
As a rapper, I feel like image is always important but even more so than image, I really love clothes, that's why… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Well hip hop is basically the whole culture of the movement. There's the rap which is a form of hip hop culture.… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
I used to really love Fiend, but he stopped. He just stopped. Every time he had a project, every project - 'There's… — Kevin Gates Copy Share Image
When you're looking for good lyrics, you turn to Kendrick Lamar, you turn to J Cole, you turn to Wale, you turn… — Charlamagne tha God Copy Share Image
It's the principle of it, I get a rush when I bust Some dope lines oral, that maybe somebody'll quote. That's what… — O.C Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop is no more misogynistic than America is as a society. I just think hip-hop is a lot more brash,… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
People always put you in a box as a rapper, especially when I get up on a panel and start speaking, and… — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
5 things to be a rapper 1. Having 10, 000 tattoos 2. Brag about being shot 3. Say ni**a over and over… — Kevin McCarty Copy Share Image
As far as from a standpoint of success, the only person who is in a position to make a claim like that… — T.I Copy Share Image
In the beginning it was definitely Drake, Kanye and Lil Wayne - those were my influences. But having worked with all those… — PartyNextDoor Copy Share Image
I would like to work with Ed Sheeran at some point. I really admire his songwriting, and I just think he has… — Daya Copy Share Image
Big Rube was on my first album and some of my mixtapes. His words are so powerful. I want to speak every… — Nayvadius Cash Copy Share Image
The things I rap about are 100 percent real. But at the same time, I don't rap about those things to tear… — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
I would go to the store, I would buy cassette tapes, and I would read the liner notes and sort of subconsciously… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there's some kind of unity in hip-hop. We all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hip-hop had become overly aspirational and shiny, full of vivid technicolors. Cosmetic fronting was not part of the ethos of our get… — Lyor Cohen Copy Share Image
I was a producer and rapper before Linkin Park. Once the band took off, it was the center of my focus. A… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
I started in '07, and I remember, at that point, nobody was trying to hear from me because I was a young… — Astro Copy Share Image
Rapping for me is more about being entertaining and giving something back to the fans. I want people to say, 'There goes… — Pooch Hall Copy Share Image
I agree that all kids of all colors love hip-hop. My point in writing the book was to raise questions about the… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
Of course I want dubs and a candy painted 'lac Watch the videos and get the girls in the back But if… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
On my teams, as a guy who grew up hunting and fishing, I was in the minority in terms of music and… — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
That ain't nothing to be proud of, man. I'm not going to say, like, I'm an angel. I've definitely did some things.… — Sean Price Copy Share Image
If you look at somebody like 50 Cent, ain't nobody telling 50 what to do and how to do what he does.… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
Hip-hop in a lot of ways is like sports; when you go to a sports game, you see people from all ages,… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
I just make [music] for the people that always enjoyed hearing from me. I make it for people that enjoy the energy… — Mic Geronimo Copy Share Image
As a crew, G.O.O.D. Music is taking it to levels that really haven't been done collectively. Kanye is someone who knows how… — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I never lose touch. If you let me tell it, I'll tell you I never got my just due and my respect… — Fat Joe Copy Share Image
I would like to meet with Drake. I would love to meet him. He's from the city I'm from. I feel we… — D-Pryde Copy Share Image
I rap on 'Front Porch Junkies' and 'Whatcha Got in that Cup.' I try to channel my inner Lil Wayne and Drake.… — Thomas Rhett Copy Share Image
But I feel like I developed my own love for hip-hop and rap music by myself. Just growing up and hearing new… — Murda Beatz Copy Share Image
It was all a dream I used to read Word Up magazine. Salt'n'Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine. Hangin' pictures… — Christopher Wallace Copy Share Image
Snoop is a busy man, he's on it. I try to stay on it in my lane and we always find a… — B-Real Copy Share Image
You can't argue that hip-hop rots away the moral character of kids or rots their brain and still see middle-class white kids… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
My goal the whole time has been for people to see me as a stand-alone artist. I came out with Young Money,… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
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![“I just make [music] for the people that always enjoyed hearing from me. I make it for people that enjoy the energy of rap music or a good rhyme. I do it for the people I see everyday, not the Hollywood ass people, the normal people.” quote by Mic Geronimo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c5d/mic-geronimo-17985_ass_i-just-make-music-for-the-people-that-al_2420022.jpg)
