Rapper Quotes · Page 37

I love Lil Wayne. I grew up on the Hot Boyz.

— Freddie Gibbs

I never ever ran from the Ku Klux Klan, and I shouldn't have to run from a black man.

— Kool Moe Dee

I don't listen to J. Cole, but I have nothing against J. Cole.

— Lil Yachty

"Centurion" is probably one of my favorites [of RZA Day ].

— Earl Sweatshirt

It's like I know what I gotta say, I just don't know how to say it to you.

— Drake

I hope to have longevity in this rap game. Longevity with my money. Just longevity.

— Latto

I think I'm influenced a lot by Drake in specific ways in my writing.

— Syd

We're trying to plug a void and bring what's been missing back to hip-hop.

— Black Thought

I feel like hip-hop is the new pop because it has a lot of influence because of our culture.

— Offset

Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't.

— Alexander McQueen

I'm saying nobody's got the guts to be a J. Cole. Nobody's got the guts to be a Kendrick Lamar. We need…

— Mannie Fresh

No matter if you like it or not, you could hate Drake, he always says stuff that everybody can relate to. Facts.

— Trippie Redd

A lot of rappers think they better than me because they saw me broke, going in and out of studios, and couldn't…

— Tee Grizzley

Dont be ducking like you never wanted nothing. Its feeling like rap changed, there was a time it was rugged.

— Drake

Is hip hop, just a euphemism for a new religion the soul music for the slaves that the youth is missing.

— Kanye West

I think even before I knew I wanted to be a rapper, I wanted to be an entertainer. I was really into…

— Chance the Rapper

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

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

... I get more respect from rap artists than I do from my own industry. I don't always write the kind of…

— Toby Keith

My mom would always see me rapping and stuff, when you are young, you pick up some things and I always liked…

— Bow Wow

I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on the hiphop community. Im looking to elevate…

— Talib Kweli

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

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

We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture.…

— Jason Whitlock

One of the things that's really the cornerstone of '90s hip-hop is sampling.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I wish I were closer friends with Snoop Dogg.

— Martha Stewart

Freedom in Christ allows you to control the desires that once controlled you.

— LeCrae

Only reason why I rap, keep from being a bum.

— Flo Rida

I rock with Chance, I rock with Kanye, I rock with Common.

— Lil Durk

Who's better lil Wayne or eminem?? I say eminem who do u think?

— Anonymous

Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.

— Kurt Cobain

In the future, hip-hop is going to be called American folklore.

— KRS-One

They said I rap like a robot, so call me rapbot.

— Eminem

Started from the trap, now I rap. No matter where I'm at, I got crack.

— 2 Chainz

The first NWA album is the first rap album I heard with swearing.

— Giggs

This is hip-hop with no Johnny Gill-in-it No New Edition or Prince when I'm spillin it.

— Mac Dre

Battery never dies, the ghetto keeps me wise.

— Big Pun

I always say that I'm a hip-hop fan, and I'm definitely a Drake fan.

— Mannie Fresh

Rap actually comes out of punk rock, not black music.

— Stanley Crouch

Oh, southern rappers... so hard to write a rhyme when you only know 30 words.

— Daniel Tosh