Being a good rapper is hard to do. I'm a good Rapaport, but that's about it. — Michael Rapaport Copy Share Image
Fitzgerald coined the phrase the 'Jazz Age,' and now we're living in the Hip-Hop Age. — Baz Luhrmann Copy Share Image
I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping. — Nina Simone 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I grew up producing hip-hop music, actually. I was producing for my friends, who were all rappers in upstate New York, where… — Gus Dapperton Copy Share Image
When Tupac turned thirteen, we were homeless on that day. His theater club gave him a party. Sometimes I do wonder that… — Afeni Shakur Copy Share Image
I see that happening with hip hop purists now. Where you have an artist like a Kendrick [Lamar] or a Drake, who… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I've been rapping since I was ten years old. So from 10 to 13 the subject matter has elevated or just changed… — Latto Copy Share Image
Early on, it was real tough for me to stick to my guns and say 'I'm retired, I'm not rapping, don't ask… — Joe Budden Copy Share Image
Rap is purging itself from the things it didn't need and it's allowing the younger dudes to come up. With that being… — Mic Geronimo Copy Share Image
There's certainly a lot of noise in the hip-hop world now [that] I don't pay active attention to, but to the extent… — Baratunde Thurston Copy Share Image
I think that a rap aficionado, the hardcore rap fan, will always go away from pop, in the same way a hardcore… — Ice T Copy Share Image
![“I see that happening with hip hop purists now. Where you have an artist like a Kendrick [Lamar] or a Drake, who are really trying different things emotionally, different things musically, and on a mainstream level. And you have underground hip hop fans dissing it, for the simple fact that it's…” quote by Talib Kweli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b42/talib-kweli-1746_art_i-see-that-happening-with-hip-hop-purist_406198.jpg)
![“There's certainly a lot of noise in the hip-hop world now [that] I don't pay active attention to, but to the extent that I represent some flavor of what's happening in hip-hop - it's subconscious.” quote by Baratunde Thurston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/733/baratunde-thurston-20128_active_there-s-certainly-a-lot-of-noise-in-the_1798916.jpg)
