I think Kanye West is brilliant at what he does: he's got a different live show, different merch for every tour, different… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
I think America just needs to get real when it comes to the way our kids speak and communicate. They need to… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game. — Nas Copy Share Image
Coming from, like, mariachi music into hip-hop - it's not like I was raised around a bunch of rappers, you know? — Snow Tha Product Copy Share Image
I never had a plan B; I would walk around with my head up in the clouds like, 'I'm going to be… — Kyle Copy Share Image
I live or die for hip-hop and it's a beautiful form but you're a writer first and foremost. — Kate Tempest Copy Share Image
The first time I really listened to an album and thought, 'This album is mine,' was Kanye's 'Late Registration.' — Theophilus London Copy Share Image
I think I'm like the kid who loved hip hop, and all of a sudden - I don't know what it was… — Angie Martinez Copy Share Image
50 Cent is a metaphor for "change". But originally it was a gangster from Fort Greene Projects named 50 Cent and I… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what I do,… — Chris Brown Copy Share Image
Ali was the African-American who exulted in saying exactly what he was capable of, and the bouncing-boy braggadocio of hip-hop is impossible… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Hip-hop wasn't actually the genre that made me want to make sound, and I couldn't actually really pinpoint what genre it was.… — Grieves Copy Share Image
To me, it isn't tight sweaters. That's not what rap is. That's not hip-hop at all. Every phase went through changing up… — DMX Copy Share Image
I had been trying to do something with music for all of my life. Ive always been a fan of music; I… — Big Meech Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to Commission, Kirk Franklin and Hezekiah Walker. If I was found listening to any rap, my pops would… — Rahki Copy Share Image
What I want to do right now is give hip hop back to the hood. Before it was a neighborhood thing where… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Now when I first heard EPMD's first joint 'You Gots to Chill' and later 'So Whatcha Sayin'?' I said, 'I can do… — Redman Copy Share Image
What I admire about Snoop Dogg is his longevity. I mean, he's been around for a long time and I think he's… — Simon de Pury Copy Share Image
I started rapping on the station promos. We did them over all of the top hits, so people got to hear me… — Ludacris Copy Share Image
DMX is crazy! We weren't attached to a picture car, so we were weaving through the streets and DMX actually floored it,… — Anthony Anderson Copy Share Image
The hip hop community is not at fault here - I'm definitely not blaming them. But, that can't be the only view… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
I've always loved hip-hop, since I was a kid, that's the music that I loved. I think everyone of our generation kind… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
I'm not going to be like a rapper and mention the people I'm talking about in my songs by name. — Austin Carlile Copy Share Image
I am a Wu-Tang member and Method Man, he been a Def Squad member way before I was a Wu member. I… — Redman Copy Share Image
Hip-hop, which is my generation's blues, is important to the characters that I write about. They use hip-hop to understand the world… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
After the 'Grey Album,' everyone thought of me as the hip-hop guy, the remix maestro. I didn't know how to show them… — Danger Mouse Copy Share Image
The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
When Slick Rick first hit the scene, I had to practice that British accent. There's no other storyteller like this man. — Ghostface Killah Copy Share Image
I can rippity rap, lyrical miracle all day, but if you don't have a message behind it and you not saying nothing,… — Cordae Copy Share Image
I would say almost 60 percent of working with Kanye - let's say 53 percent of working with Kanye - is speeches. — Chance The Rapper Copy Share Image
'Chopper City in the Ghetto,' real talk, it's what changed Cash Money from a Bounce label to a Rap label. — Mannie Fresh Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop has always been political because this is a community that doesn't have any other choice. — Ari Melber Copy Share Image
When white people wear baggy clothing and speak gibberish they're homeless, when black people wear baggy clothing and speak gibberish they're called… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
You can't tell my fans that there's a better rapper than Machine Gun Kelly... Hands down, there's no way I'm not in… — Machine Gun Kelly Copy Share Image
I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me. I got shot five times. People was trying to… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I can't listen to rap music; it's not my thing. They say that they're the modern poets: of course they are, but… — Bradley Walsh Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself just a rapper or just a singer. I'm a music producer, lyricist. I'm a poet as well, and… — Yo Yo Honey Singh Copy Share Image
You know, there are artists who are 35 and up that still make rap and that still works for them. I don't… — Drake Copy Share Image
My school had a radio show, and when I first decided to become a rapper, I was on there, and I would,… — Juice Wrld Copy Share Image
The idea of starting with that Kanye [West] song is declarative. It says, "This is the kind of story we're telling." — Akiva Goldsman Copy Share Image