I think Kanye West is - people don't give him the credit he deserves for what he has brought to our generation. — Daniel Sturridge Copy Share Image
I have a soft spot for him because he's such a free spirit, and people just beat him up, and he's just… — Angie Martinez Copy Share Image
Being a rapper is all fun and games until tax season rolls around and you can't recall exactly how many racks on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Lyrical lecture, word architecture, Rap director, the best in my sector. Microphone cool chief, releasin the smooth speech... I get nasty with… — Lord Finesse Copy Share Image
I don't bang for the color or the land. I bang for the principles and for the honor. I'm bangin' for the… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
You started rapping when you wasn't good at basketball. I started rapping because I needed Adderall. — Donald Glover Copy Share Image
They phony, should get Tonies for the thing that they be yappin. It's utterly bologna so I'm Muslim to these rappers. — Wale Copy Share Image
Might look light, but we heavy though. You think Drake will pull some shit like that you never know. — Drake Copy Share Image
I just save my money, man. I don't even try to enjoy it like these other rappers; they having fun and they… — Lil Baby Copy Share Image
As an artist, as a brand, as a rapper, as a musician, you know you got a window and a lot of… — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
My come-out record, '10 Day,' was the thing people were supposed to hear and figure out 'he's good' or 'he's not good.'… — Chance the Rapper Copy Share Image
Da Pak was a group out of Chicago. It was a put-together group. We actually met for the first time at this… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
I know what they say. Every rapper only want that sexual healing, Marvin Gaye. Don't believe it girl I promise, Ima treat… — Diggy Simmons Copy Share Image
If Kanye was not in the equation, I literally wouldn't even be here. His music pushed hip-hop - the man is a… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
When I think back to my influences and icons musically, they were my icons musically because, for example, I would look at… — Pusha T Copy Share Image
I get upset when people knock hip-hop, because I can absolutely see the musicality in it. These days, when I'm listening to… — Elton John Copy Share Image
When Eminem wrote Recovery obviously he wanted to Recover. Akon wrote Freedom because he wanted freedom, and Justin Bieber wrote boyfriend hmmmmm — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nah, I'm not one of those 'hip-hop is dead' people. I just like different artists. I never look at it as one… — Remy Ma Copy Share Image
Today, Snoop Dog endorsed Ron Paul for president. Snoop said he likes Paul's positions on everything from legalizing pot ... to legalizing pot. — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I'm the female Jay-Z. I never compared myself to other women artists. I compared myself with the best, and the best is… — Estelle Copy Share Image
Shout out to the greatest of all time, Eminem. Definitely appreciate the love... He gave me a few over the years. — Paul Wall Copy Share Image
We've been living on a high, they've been talking on the low. But it's cool, know you heard it all before. — Drake Copy Share Image
I don't know what makes someone hip. The goal is artist achievement and the best work we can do with no limitation. — Rick Rubin Copy Share Image
Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure. — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it. — K. Flay Copy Share Image
“Rappers use words that rhymes, But When Lil Wayne Used Rhymes They don't really mean nothing.” — Kadda Sheekoff Copy Share Image
Questlove is an artist who I respect because he constantly shifts within the idiom, challenging perceptions of hip-hop and black American culture. — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
A majority of Bon Qui Qui is my little brother, who is ghetto fabulous. He has no filter whatsoever. He just says… — Anjelah Johnson Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to hip hop and embracing black culture, probably because it was 'outsider art.' — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
Don't fool people to think you are better than who you are. Instead of trying to act changed, pray that you will… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
The first rap album I bought was Eminem's The Slim Shady LP so I wasn't even based on West Coast rap like… — Tyga Copy Share Image
Yes, I love Chicago in many ways, but I'm definitely not trying to fit, you know, the drill Chicago rapper. — Cupcakke Copy Share Image
I guess I did go through my phase where I wanted to be a rapper. I made music, but I was never… — Tyrann Mathieu Copy Share Image
As a lover of both hip-hop and jazz, I feel like much of the latter community still doesn't truly embrace hip-hop as… — Amanda Seales Copy Share Image
I often say that I want to write like Tupac rapped. I could listen to his album, and within a few minutes,… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
Hip-hop music was something I grew up with, it was something that I loved since I was a little kid, and it's… — Ryan Lewis Copy Share Image
Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
As much as I would like to be the one who saved hip-hop culture, it's pretty much nigh-on impossible. — Coolio Copy Share Image
You see somebody rapping and you're like, "Nah, my cousin can do that." You're spoiled by the experience. Overseas, it's still something… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
