Why is it rappers feel like they have to show each other their balls? It's so frustrating to me and the fact… — Grieves Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is when you have crowd participation; when you chant at the audience and they chant back at you; when you wave… — Flavor Flav Copy Share Image
When you're dealing with TV and with movies, people dont take it as serious as they do with music. If a rapper… — Suge Knight Copy Share Image
I say as long as the individual stays creative and continues to come up with fresh new and exciting ideas, rap will… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
I am trying to get folks outside the hip-hop culture to understand why, despite the negatives, young people find hope and refuge… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
... I get more respect from rap artists than I do from my own industry. I don't always write the kind of… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
My mom would always see me rapping and stuff, when you are young, you pick up some things and I always liked… — Bow Wow Copy Share Image
I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on the hiphop community. Im looking to elevate… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Yeah, with 'NASARATI,' that was my first project. I really worked literally three days on it, writing on the beats and putting… — Lil Nas X Copy Share Image
I like to consider myself a student of hip hop. There's a certain level of certification and wit and craftsmanship that comes… — Cakes da killa Copy Share Image
And finally, I just felt it was crucial for some of us in the hip hop community to speak up on the… — MURS Copy Share Image
We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture.… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
I got to meet Kanye West because we were shopping my artist deal, and I was interested in his label. When I… — Bibi Bourelly Copy Share Image
For me, there are a lot of people that want to hear what I have to say. There are a lot of… — Lil B Copy Share Image
The first few times I was asked to audition for the part of Angelica Schuyler in 'Hamilton,' I turned it down. I… — Renee Elise Goldsberry Copy Share Image
I was like 14 and decided I wanted to be a rapper, so I needed a hip rapper name. I was with… — Tinie Tempah Copy Share Image
So for instance in rap music, you very often hear words that would seem very racist, or very misogynous or very homophobic… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
I think of hip hop as a mass media, radio, MTV thing. It’s been extremely relevant over the last 10 years and… — Win Butler Copy Share Image
Early on I was a fan of Grandmaster Caz of the Cold Crush Brothers. I liked the way that he used a… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
The hip-hop that I really connected with was Public Enemy, KRS-One, Ice Cube, and N.W.A. That late '80s and early '90s era.… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
Because hip-hop has no requirements, you deal with people that have the least intelligence on the planet. Some of the people that… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
The rap game will never be at peace. The rap game is built upon competition. There will always be competition and as… — Kurupt Copy Share Image
My problem is I'm not talented enough to do everything, but I want to do everything. I'm like, 'Oh God, I wish… — Will Poulter Copy Share Image
It's difficult, the synergy between Drake and our generation - my generation, anyway - in the sense that his music is vulnerable,… — Daniel Sturridge Copy Share Image
Well, I ain't even gonna lie I used to wear fake jewelry when I was coming up, like trying to get on.… — Moneybagg Yo Copy Share Image
I would tell a young Jadakiss, learn the game as much as you learn how to rap, as seriously you take a… — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
When you're a college student interested in music, you hear all these rappers talking about dropping out. For me, when I heard… — Saweetie Copy Share Image
I don't think I really knew I was going to be a rapper until sixth grade. Even then, it was still kind… — Chance The Rapper Copy Share Image
It's a slippery slope when you make the argument that hip hop is only a black person's art. Certainly, its origins are… — Dave Itzkoff Copy Share Image
The best show I went to was probably Curren$y. I went to see him when I was at LSU. He's a mellow… — Tyrann Mathieu Copy Share Image
Man, I just knew. When I was in middle school I always used to love listening to rap. The first [song] my… — Ludacris Copy Share Image
A lot people don't know that Mannie Fresh is one of my favorite producers because I used to just be fascinated with… — Valee Copy Share Image
I started producing in California, and they called it mob music. When I moved to Atlanta, the sound was different. People in… — Zaytoven Copy Share Image
They call me Freestyle Freddy and I'm always ready to rap. Even when I wake up from a nap. Economic devastation's kinda… — Fredric Brandt Copy Share Image
You have to have a balance, and I think that people get upset about Hip-Hop and say that it's dead because there… — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
I love to get on tracks with brothers like Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, the GZA. The whole crew is golden, man. When… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
I never really focus on writing for other people, to be honest. Every song I've ever written was for me to sing.… — Skylar Grey Copy Share Image
I have been making hip-hop since I was a kid growing up in New York in the '80s and '90s. It's always… — Dash Mihok Copy Share Image
If we actually supported these gay artists and pumped money behind them the same way they pump money behind these divas, a… — Cakes da killa Copy Share Image
Everybody comments that I'm white. I'm surprised I haven't gotten more criticism for it. I'm always expecting any day now it's gonna… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
![“Man, I just knew. When I was in middle school I always used to love listening to rap. The first [song] my pops bought me was U.T.F.Os Roxanne, Roxanne. So ever since I was about five or six years old, I just liked listening to it. Then, when I was about eight or nine, I kinda started doing it for…” quote by Ludacris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a7e/ludacris-2252_friendship_man-i-just-knew-when-i-was-in-middle-sch_3092308.jpg)
