Rapper Quotes · Page 86

Before Eminem, the idea that there would be a white rapper that anybody would really check for was fantastic or amazing or…

— Talib Kweli

Notorious B.I.G. was one of my favorites. I started getting into hip-hop around the Bad Boy era.

— Big Sean

I still love old-school hip-hop, but there hasn't been a lot that I've taken from the new stuff.

— Kid Rock

Hip hop has evolved, thankfully. Kids are making music that is important to their lives and outlooks.

— Erik Parker

We live in a society of triviality, and my music and what I'm about kind of starts to break that mold and…

— Andy Mineo

You know, hip hop is a big ferris wheel that goes around and you've just gotta be able to maintain yourself while…

— Jadakiss

I have a song coming with blackbear. He's a huge artist, I would say in the dark-pop scene. He has also collaborated…

— Nina Nesbitt

I really love hip hop. My cousin Nas came out with an album 'Life Is Good,' and I love that album, but…

— Yara Shahidi

[Drizzy] reached out to me through Chase N Cashe, they're brothers, they're one. Chase N Cashe made the connection, played some of…

— Kendrick Lamar

I'm really into old school music when hip-hop first came out with Common, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, and…

— Raven Goodwin

In hip-hop, what you have is you have a lot of formulaic-type bands or rappers that come up. They saw something on…

— Sir Mix-a-Lot

The question 'Why white kids love hip-hop?' forces us immediately to deal with the historical weight of race in America. On the…

— Bakari Kitwana

If an athlete plays the guitar, they say, 'That's so cool, he can play the guitar.' But if a guy raps, they…

— Iman Shumpert

I stand out. I don't really think I fit in with the 'what rap is' today. I feel like I stand out…

— Dave East

Came from a song that I made from, like, 2012 - there was some phrase like 'Rap Monster', and I just, I…

— RM

The only guy that speaks at any sort of depth is, in my mind, Eminem. He's a guy that does music that…

— Marco Rubio

I would hope that Kanye [West] would be remembered for being smart and sticking to what he believes.

— Kim Kardashian

I realized the power of hip-hop. I realized how influential this music and this culture are.

— Nipsey Hussle

J. Cole is always telling a story. He's talking about what he's seeing and what he experienced.

— Marvin Bagley III

As I got older, I really got into Tupac's poetry, his books and just learning about his life and what he was…

— Jhene Aiko

I'm not motivated by money or fame. I'm more driven by the electricity of creativity. The idea of being one of the…

— Vic Mensa

My favorite rappers are, I can't really say. I like Kanye because he's so creative. He'll just do anything. I like what…

— Nayvadius Cash

I grew up on Hip Hop, it's the music I love and it's the music I respect. I respect the culture...that's me.

— Eminem

My dream job growing up was always to be an artist. It wasn't even that I would be a rapper or singer;…

— Lil Tjay

If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be Lyrically, Talib Kweli Truthfully, I wanna rhyme like Common Sense But I did…

— Jay-Z

Yellow M&M's don't move with green M&M's. I mean, you don't put M&M's peanuts with M&M's plain.

— Tupac Shakur

What made '400 Degreez' great is that Juvenile already had those raps. He already knew them. It was something that he knew…

— Mannie Fresh

Rap is really just too conventional. Everybody does the same thing. No one ever pushes the box.

— Tyler, The Creator

The power of the voice in rap is about the expression of truth, rather than the expression of some kind of artifice.

— Eliza Griswold

Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness.

— Mos Def

You have to look at the fact that Hip Hop is under attack. It's not just Hip Hop but Black people, Latino…

— Afrika Bambaataa

King Of The Dot is huge; battle rap is huge right now. My first battle that I went to was King Of…

— Ab-Soul

I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill. But career-wise, I'd say I'd want to have something…

— Kat Dahlia

I would say Colin Jost is Kanye West because he takes like the creative risk a lot of times, whereas I'm like,…

— Michael Che

A lot of people think that it was about Biggie on the East Coast and 2Pac on the West Coast. It wasn't…

— Cormega

I feel like Drake is doing exactly what I plan on doing, just being sick for all of, what, a decade now?…

— Lil Nas X

It just makes you a better artist when you're with people who are great artists themselves. Being around Kanye, soaking up all…

— Big Sean

I've got a million people telling me why I can't do it. You know, that I'm not a real designer, that I'm…

— Kanye West

Nas' longevity comes from him having strong lyrical value in his songs, him being more like a poet and improving over time.

— No I.D

I most definitely respect Jay Z hustle and everything he built. He's a businessman first and I think he respects my hustle.

— Yo Gotti