Rapper Quotes · Page 85

I was able to bring Gucci and Rae Sremmurd on a track together. It was crazy because it seemed like it was…

— Mike Will Made It

I'm not saying there's not talent in heavy metal and rap, but a lot of people are finding it's just the same…

— Eddie Rabbitt

Me as a person, man, I'm just rapping reality. Every time I get in front of the microphone I'm just speaking about…

— Yo Gotti

Christians aren't people who never sin or always do the right thing. We're people who live in continual repentance.

— LeCrae

I'm influenced by like, 50 Cent and Chief Keef 'cause they were rapping about the same things I was living.

— Fivio Foreign

Since we're at the Met, we've got some opera that we have to sing. So we're going to do a little hip…

— Jamie Foxx

Went to church but don't understand it, they underhanded. God gave me these commandments, the world is scandalous.

— Tupac Shakur

Often, with my uptempo songs, people get the misconception that I'm a rapper or something of that nature. But a song like…

— Sisqo

I've just really been into melody and lyrics and songwriting. Writing a rap, to me, is easy. I could write a rap…

— Kid Rock

I don't knock material rappers, but let me hear it in a different way. How many songs do I have to hear…

— Gza

'The W' was real dark to me. Out of all the Wu-Tang albums, I like the first one and the second one.…

— Ghostface Killah

I'm doing a fun EP. It's called 'Songs in the Key of Phife: Eight Is Enough.' It's radio-friendly, but then a lot…

— Phife Dawg

I look at Large Professor as a big influence. I grew up with him and being able to grow up with him…

— Mic Geronimo

So take it while you got it try to get a little more they say I'm gettin better than I ever been…

— Mac Miller

Gone are the days when you'd have to tune in to a mad illegal radio station late at night to be able…

— Tinie Tempah

No U.K. rapper has been in my position; there are loads of big rappers like Tinie Tempah or Skepta, but no one…

— Dizzee Rascal

Before hip-hop existed, we were listening to soul songs from the '70s. I grew up with Motown, Elton John, and the Beatles.…

— Gza

I fight for whatever I believe in! I've learned to trust myself. I went from a being a rapper to an artist.

— Tierra Whack

Pac never had a license. He would mysteriously pop up with all these cars like, 'Get in. We're goin' to jail!' I…

— Scarface

Hip-hop is a competition culture. It's based around, "My DJ is better than you. My graffiti artist is better than you."

— Ice T

I liked hip-hop, wanted to do rap, and wanted to stand on a large stage. If you look at it in another…

— Kim Nam-joon

I'm not big on rap, to be honest. I just don't get it. It's angry people shouting. I like a song, melodies,…

— Paul Weller

I'm very into film and strengthening what it means to be a rapper and to be a black dude from Chicago.

— Chance The Rapper

Bruno Mars is pretty fashionable. Gary Clarck Junior, who was also in our ad with Jimmy Page, is a super super stylish…

— John Varvatos

It makes me wonder what this rapping shits a hobby for, oh that's right, because I'm gifted in another field, and another…

— Donald Glover

I've been trying to nail it into everyone's heads that I feel like I am the most versatile rapper.

— Ludacris

I used to have visions of being a star all the time, but I never knew I wanted to be a rapper.

— Lil Yachty

Who doesn't love Tupac? Those records have such swagger to them. The groove is just incredible.

— Anderson East

I was never actually signed to the label; I was just the annoying rapper that was always around at the studio sessions.

— JD Era

I think I can pinpoint the moment that I realized that I enjoyed hip-hop music and it was the video game called…

— Mura Masa

Everything you listen to when you are 17 should be embarrassing, otherwise you are way too cool.

— Jessica Brown Findlay

Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' is my go-to song to pump myself up if I'm having a tough time or if I get really…

— Sara Blakely

There's a heavy hip-hop influence in my music, some trap influence, but it's always lyrical.

— Melanie Martinez

I like a lot of ratchet, trap music. Definitely 21 Savage. We need some music like that. ManMan Savage. A lot of…

— Lil Uzi Vert

I'm the biggest Drake fan - my favorite is 'Tuscan Leather' because it's like three songs in one, and for somebody that's…

— Mabel

This is just a long shot, but I definitely would want to work with Frank Ocean. He's the man.

— Kodie Shane

I started writing rhymes in fact when I was 11 or 12 years old. I was actually into hip hop before anything else.

— Jay Sean

I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something…

— Nas

The only thing America respects is power and power concedes nothing. After the LA Riots, they tried to calm us down and…

— Tupac Shakur

Icelandic peoples were the ones who memorized sagas... We were the first rappers of Europe.

— Bjork