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
It does feel like sometimes that I'm the outcast. Hip-hop doesn't want to mess with me because I'm Christian and Christian music… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
I've been producing records, and as early as my late teens, early 20s, I put out a hip-hop record and then the… — Balthazar Getty Copy Share Image
In the history of the hip hop world...there has been one, single, solitary human being in the history of the world. One… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
The thing about the state of hip-hop is that people are too concerned. I don't think that there's a problem with being… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
My Name Is [Chorus: x2] Hi! My name is... (what?) My name is... (who?) My name is... [scratches] Slim Shady Hi! My… — Nikki Marie Copy Share Image
Soulja Boy is on his dance, down south, young, 18-year-old, comedic swag. It's really just each person's personality; if every rapper had… — Soulja Boy Copy Share Image
I was curious because I hadn't really known anyone to do just that, so I would stop in on his sessions with… — Jillian Hervey Copy Share Image
The thing about hip-hop is, like, that the instruments were taken out of schools. But - you might have taken the instruments… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I love that hip-hop can still provide jobs for niggas to get money and to put their crew on. I would never… — Redman Copy Share Image
There's not too many artist that can handle what we would call an Christian R&B sound. It's kind of a limited field… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
I'm not just a rapper; I'm an intelligent young man. But being able to give my mother everything she's ever wanted, I… — Mase Copy Share Image
Usually I start with a beat, I start making a beat, and my producer side is making the beat. And on a… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show. Things you wouldn't do… — Heavy D Copy Share Image
In order to make a change, I have to exist in a traditionally homophobic space such as hip-hop. If I were to… — Kevin Abstract Copy Share Image
Conservatives have rightly attacked rap for its misogyny, violence and over-the-top vulgarity. But it is important to remember that this music is… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
I used to be focused on being the dopest rapper in the game, and then once that became what I was, I… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
“Growing out of the housing projects and ghettos on the West Coast in the 1980s, gangsta rap made the gritty reality of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If I was a white rapper, the bar for me would be Eminem. Of course his white skin helped him excel to… — Charlamagne tha God Copy Share Image
Hi, Im Jayy, Im gay The crazy violent faggot with aids Well, thats what other people say Then it must be true… — Alec Copy Share Image
Think that I started taking emceeing very serious probably from the very beginning. Because I started as a battle rapper. It was… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
Unfortunately hip-hop is so competitive that in order for fringe groups to get in, you gotta be better than whoever's the best.… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I can't wait to see someone else from Louisville make a hit song 'cos that'd be dope. I can only imagine how… — Bryson Tiller Copy Share Image
The fundamental message of the Wu Tang music is as vast as the ocean in all reality, but it's still a straight… — RZA Copy Share Image
I'm the type of rapper - like, I'm never gonna let myself get washed up. I'm never gonna be in one area… — Lil Skies Copy Share Image
When I was trying to upload my song that I had just recorded when I started rapping, I didn't know what name… — Sexyy Red Copy Share Image
Hip-Hop got turned into Hit Pop, The second a record was number one on the pop charts. But don't skip on the… — MC Serch Copy Share Image
When I was still back in Cameroon, because I didn't know English, I used to listen to French rap all the time… — Joel Embiid Copy Share Image
I want people to follow their dreams, yes but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers I… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I have a song that's called 'Rap Dreams, Hoop Dreams'. Besides education, everybody's got hoop dreams from day one in rap. Rap,… — Lil B Copy Share Image
[Big K.R.I.T] is a person who wants to make sure that the music is here for the kids when our time passes.… — David Banner Copy Share Image
When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously,… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm not a 'real rapper'; I just like to talk about what I've been through. When I was younger, I just said… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I speak from the heart. Certain people follow lyricists and people that put words on a dictionary together, and this and that.… — French Montana Copy Share Image
If you just want a comfortable life, the awards, and pats on the back then you play Christian Hip Hop safe. Because… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
I think I'm a whole lot to handle. I definitely am, on every aspect. I'm the video director. I'm the graphics designer.… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Whatever else anyone says he was, he may have been. But Tupac really was a great American artist. The passage of time… — Afeni Shakur Copy Share Image
A lot of us have classical and jazz training, and it would be hard for us to work with a hip-hop artist… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
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