Gangsta Rap is dead. I've moved on. And the raps that I'm rappin to my community shouldn't be filled with rage? They… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
The aggressiveness of it attracted me to hip-hop because I was angry inside. I was an angry kid because of the sickle… — Prodigy Copy Share Image
When we're rapping on these records, we're either rapping about our past lives or things our people are going through right now… — Pimp C Copy Share Image
This is more in regards to celebrities. What we've got to understand is that we are the influencers of the hip-hop culture,… — Demetrius Shipp, Jr Copy Share Image
It's funny, when you have a theme so particular to cows - or it could be anything like hair or nails -… — Doja Cat Copy Share Image
To have 50 have my back, that's definitely exciting; it's an achievement. 50 don't mess with no rappers ... When I came… — Soulja Boy Copy Share Image
In hip-hop, I wasn't very focused on delivering a message. It was just a string of lines that didn't connect. What I… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
I feel like when it comes to rap - like, real rap music - and knowing the pioneers of rap, I feel… — Damian Lillard Copy Share Image
If you hear people talking about the Golden Era of rap, they're usually talking about the early Wu Tang Clan era and… — Gza Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop can be prophetic and progressive, and at the same time, the dominant forms tend to be homophobic, misogynistic and… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I find that people in American are often much more purist. If you're into hip-hop, you're totally into hip-hop - you wear… — Kieran Hebden Copy Share Image
Сommercial hip-hop is not youth rebellion, not when the heroes of hip-hop like Puffy are taking pictures with Donald Trump and the… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
There's a need for pop. There's a need for radio. There's also a need to understand the brilliance and the depth of… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
I could rap really good on accident. I talk tight and it just sounded... I don't know. It's just such a big… — Goldlink Copy Share Image
Rap was forbidden with the people who were interviewing us and the shows that I was getting [booked on], and I had… — Michel'le Copy Share Image
The only person who really impressed me with making new music is Cudi. Everyone else seems to be jumping on the same… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
Dabbing started with us - QC the label - Jose Guapo, Migos, Skippa Da Flippa, PeeWee Longway. When we performed, we just… — Rich the Kid Copy Share Image
I think people see me definitely as a "gangsta" rapper, and what people love about me is when they meet me and… — Sheek Louch Copy Share Image
You can have a phenomenal booth artist and he can get in there and be a technician in the booth and it… — Joell Ortiz Copy Share Image
Once I slapped a rapper with mace, Then I spit acid in his face, after he rinsed his eyes, no wait... I… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
The difference is that they [Europeans] don't have that culture about hip-hop as a lifestyle, a way of life; for them it's… — K-Maro Copy Share Image
You had Cash Money: that was just the flashy dudes. Like I said, you had different genres of rap, and we were… — Mannie Fresh Copy Share Image
I believe a lot in gangsta rap, I see in it a lot of positive things as it is. I believe it… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
Rev Run is a living legend of Hip-Hop, who's still making great music, but now he's also the dad to an amazing… — Tony DiSanto Copy Share Image
I feel like you can't stop me now, I'm tighter now, More of a writer now, Than a rapper now, Got me… — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
I'm a young dude from Chicago who grew up with Kanye as my image of hip-hop. Finding your voice in a room… — Chance The Rapper Copy Share Image
My new music video, 'My Life' featuring Eminem and Adam Levine, the only person in the actual video who you can physically… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
I have a duty to myself to do the best that I can do at anything that I'm doing. And right now… — Dr Dre Copy Share Image
What earns my respect is... I love great lyricists, artists that can create incredible rhymes or incredible songs. The same thing goes… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
U can see me on my presences am standing here as a legend even on this moment am still a hip-hop servant… — Kearabetswe Aka Blazing Kay Copy Share Image
I aint takin nothing away from the other West Coast artists or nobody, no other artist, but Im sayin, when the West… — The Game Copy Share Image
I just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a rapper. I'm successful. I make money. That's… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I'm a child of the 70's. R&B to me is Curtis Mayfield. Then a transition came in and I was part of… — D'wayne Wiggins Copy Share Image
I don't know if there's anything Kanye West can do that can erase his influence on me, because it's here. It's already… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
Well, me and Freaky been knowing each other for a while, and he was always playing crazy music in his room, but… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
Back in the days when I was a teenager, Before I had status, and before I had a pager, You could find… — Q-Tip Copy Share Image
We are presented with a unique situation in the black community in that we have embraced the beauty of hip hop, the… — Tamron Hall Copy Share Image
How many rappers in the game have "little" in front of their name? Lil' Wayne, Lil' Boosie it's a lil' shame Lil'… — Ed O.G Copy Share Image
You gotta make a change. Its time for us as a people to start making some changes, lets change the way we… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I think you shouldn't get my music confused with who I am or who we are, because Yung Lean, from the beginning,… — Yung Lean Copy Share Image
![“To have 50 have my back, that's definitely exciting; it's an achievement. 50 don't mess with no rappers ... When I came out, there [was] a lot of people that was hating on me [and] felt like I wasn't real to the game don't hate the player, hate the game. 50 shed light on me, and he came to my…” quote by Soulja Boy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/697/soulja-boy-4095_rapper_to-have-50-have-my-back-that-s-definitel_328587.jpg)
![“Rap was forbidden with the people who were interviewing us and the shows that I was getting [booked on], and I had kind of crossed over. So Jerry [Heller, who managed N.W.A.] would tell me, 'Do not say you're a rapper, always say you're R&B.'” quote by Michel'le](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0b9/michel-le-8055_forbidden_rap-was-forbidden-with-the-people-who-we_2341695.jpg)
![“The difference is that they [Europeans] don't have that culture about hip-hop as a lifestyle, a way of life; for them it's more of the new trend, the new music that you have to like.” quote by K-Maro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2ad/k-maro-43512_culture_the-difference-is-that-they-europeans-do_1332120.jpg)
