Rapper Quotes · Page 79

My biggest influence is Tupac. He was a poet, and listening to Tupac is what inspired me to start rapping.

— Chanel West Coast

I don't listen to much rap outside of Run DMC and the Beasties, but then I'm pretty burned out on most new…

— Jeff Hanneman

I loved B.I.G., but not like I liked Tupac, because he was an actor, so I related to him.

— Derek Luke

Lil Jon was definitely a pioneer for some of the punk-rap acts we see now. He showed you could scream on a…

— Kenny Beats

I respect cats that can rap and everything, but the artist that inspires me is Turf Talk.

— E-40

People hate when I rhyme. Like I read the reviews, 'We don't really care much for his rapping but we like the…

— The Alchemist

I wouldn't consider myself a mumble rapper, because I don't know what that is. But when I talk, I mumble. So it's…

— Lil Mosey

Lil Wayne is talented. He seems to be the dominant figure in this particular era of hip-hop. So you know, he's doing…

— LL Cool J

As much as people try to pit black entertainers against one another, because of the underlying feeling that there can't be two…

— David Banner

I don't really like to write anywhere but my own apartment. I send a lot of text messages to myself as email…

— Chelsea Martin

In a time like this, when records are not selling, he's the only one that is selling. You know, Drake and all…

— Tony Yayo

I come from a very specific love of hip-hop. I'm saying hip-hop, not rap. That's what saved my life. I carry that…

— No I.D

I've loved hip-hop all of my life, but there came a time in my life when my entire life had a shift:…

— Trip Lee

I got to pick the mind of a genius, and I realized why he was a genius. And I realized the man…

— Corey Hawkins

As I was sitting there, the deejay was playing music and talking over the music, and the kids were going crazy. All…

— Sylvia Robinson

Growing up in New York, there are a lot of tenement buildings and a lot of projects. You don't leave your projects…

— Rza

I always wanted the flowiness that hip-hop artists had. I always admired how they rapped so fast, but I never wanted to…

— Dua Lipa

I don't wanna be yelling all my life. How loud did I have to yell to say that Jay-Z was the man…

— Damon Dash

Don't put your confidence in big names When they die and return to the dirt they can't do anything for you.

— LeCrae

Kanye [West] just says the funniest analogies that are so random. I should start keeping a book - in 20 years, I'll…

— Kim Kardashian

Burnin' churches, fearin' God, Who can be so cruel, We all ignorant to AIDS, Till it happens to you.

— Tupac Shakur

For those of us who grew in the early hip hop era, that music shaped us in a way to be in…

— Rick Famuyiwa

Kendrick Lamar is from Compton, but his Compton and how he expresses that is completely different than NWA and Eazy-E even though…

— Rick Famuyiwa

And every breath I breathe untill the moment I'm deceased. Will be another moment ballin' as a 'G'.

— Tupac Shakur

The race factor was just a minuscule part of what I was doing with Eminem. It was really about the music and…

— Dr. Dre

Rick Ross is bigger to me than Dizzee Rascal. My music is more gangsta rap than anything English.

— Giggs

The majority of people, especially young people, know Dr. Dre because of Beats by Dre, not necessarily from him being a rap…

— Aja Brown

Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the…

— Fab Five Freddy

First rapper ever to jump off the stage on BET and, since Pac go to Hollywood to keep it street.

— Waka Flocka

Oh man, I would definitely love to work with Kanye on something. But it really is all up to him, so whatever…

— Fetty Wap

I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. Thats not what…

— G-Eazy

Hip-hop has always been speaking about the way your brain is manipulated by stress and struggle because hip-hop is borne from struggle.

— Vic Mensa

In the English market, I would love to work with Drake and Rihanna. Who doesn't, right? In the Spanish market, maybe Romeo…

— Nicky Jam

The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government.

— Chuck D

I will never forget u 2pac! You are a legendary your music is unspeakable it's remarkable it's beautiful!:)

— Anonymous

These broke rappers always rappin bout a pink truck. I'm only happy when I'm hoppin out the Brinks truck.

— Nicki Minaj

I love having my son in my life. That's why it's more fathers in the hip-hop community, because they probably went through…

— Cam'ron

My conception wasn't immaculate I ain't mastering no calculus, A good addition to the rap audience.

— Lupe Fiasco

Yo, people are saying Tyga had the biggest comeback. Tyga? Tyga! Lime in the coconut Tyga? Yo, get out of here.

— Soulja Boy

The competitive nature of hip-hop culture has always had battling involved with it. So you battle with the other artist but not…

— Curtis Jackson