Rapper Quotes · Page 35

I'm also working on another independent film called Roxanne, Roxanne, about Roxanne Shante, who was one of the first African American battle…

— Nia Long

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

Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.

— Nas

I don't want to be considered 'the Latino rapper.

— Big Pun

I want to be great at what I do. I don't want to be just an average rapper.

— Rapsody

I'm a ghetto man who made good. I never forgot where I came from and who put me on top - God…

— James Brown

I rarely get mentioned in the same category as these other guys who have come out after me...[b]ut maybe I'm not that,…

— Danny Denzongpa

Don't fool people to think you are better than who you are. Instead of trying to act changed, pray that you will…

— LeCrae

Rich people are so eccentric, and I don't think people really realize. Especially by the turn of the century, they were living…

— Riki Lindhome

My family have always supported my rap - and they know I love them when I rap about them - but I'm…

— Killer Mike

Ninety-eight percent of blacks voted for President Obama. That means these people are tied to that political party in a way that's…

— Killer Mike

I feel like people mislead themselves when they tell themselves they're into me because of the lyrics. From my vantage point, people…

— Talib Kweli

[Big Pun] loved the fact that I could sing, everybody around us were rappers. A lot of people didn't know that Pun…

— Tony Sunshine

Being called a conscious rapper is quite a compliment. It's a great thing to be. But as an artist, my nature is…

— Talib Kweli

I don't know how to be a rapper. I just know how to be me.

— Young Jeezy

Lil Wayne is definitely the greatest youngest rapper alive.

— Puff Daddy

While I made a splash, rappers came and passed But still I ask myself: how long does famous last?

— G-Eazy

I took a chance with my heart and I feel it taking over

— Drake

Can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying…

— Zadie Smith

I was a kiddie pool attendant, and I was a white rapper. That's not going to get you a job on Wall…

— Jesse Itzler

Yo get a real job. Rappin doesn't pay the rent, I hate the studio cause that's where all my money went.

— Tupac Shakur

Most rappers these days is actors, And I can't keep watching the same movie.

— Mick Jenkins

I think that Mos Def is the best actor, but when you talk about rappers in films, I don't really think the…

— Morris Chestnut

Being a black rapper is like being a Southern, socialite woman: You're always worried about appearances.

— Killer Mike

When you're rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.

— Queen Latifah