Rapper Quotes · Page 9

Hip-hop music was our life.

— Prodigy

I love 2Pac, the cadences of 2Pac.

— Russ

THIS IS FOR U JAMEY, ANOTHER ONE BY DRAKE

— DRAKE

Oh, hip hop is always changing.

— Gza

Yauch was a gifted MC.

— Anonymous

I have respect for the greats, like Jay-Z.

— Harrison Barnes

I look at rap as an oppurtunity to act

— Nicki Minaj

Nobody's gonna be bigger than Eminem.

— Kanye West

Kanye inspires me through his work ethic and his approach.

— Mannie Fresh

I'm trying to be like Drake and make my own genre.

— Kodie Shane

Hip-hop can be limiting and I refuse to accept limits.

— LL Cool J

Faith my homegirl. I just wanna send a shout out to Faith. Hey girl.

— Tupac Shakur

I love hip-hop, but hip-hop is a way of life.

— Craig Robinson

Two years ago, a friend of mine. Asked me to say some MC rhymes.

— Run DMC

In hip-hop, as in neoliberalism, economics bullied politics out of the picture.

— Mark Fisher

I'm not trying to become the demon I'm fighting against

— Professor Griff

I don't think of myself as just a rapper. But overspending on sneakers? That's a real rapper thing to do.

— Saint Jhn

Hip-hop influences my talent, but I think that punk and everything else I listened to growing up was who my idols were.

— Machine Gun Kelly

Nobody compares to Drake as far as hits, but Michael Jackson had presence. That's the difference.

— Boosie

For my style influences you've got to look at Kanye first. Pharrell when I was growing up, too.

— Nick Young

I've always been a fan of Nigerian artist D'banj. He's now signed to Kanye West's Good Music label.

— Estelle

I used to really like Method Man and Redman for some reason. And Fabolous. A lot of New York rappers, too. Cam'ron.…

— Ski Mask the Slump God

Me and Drake, we just met each other in passing on the road. We kicked it a few times. We kept ending…

— Fabolous

People get caught up in worshipping certain rappers, or they try to demonise hip hop by looking at what certain rappers are…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Politics is work. Hiphop is music. The idea that hiphop, because it makes the body feel good to move to it and…

— John H. McWhorter

Before I started rapping, I was into dancing. I felt like God put it on my mind to rap. When I first…

— Lil Chuckee

“As with outlaw figures, in diverse musical and oral cultures throughout the world- Mexican corridos and Egyptian shaabi music, for example- Hip…

— H. Sammy Alim and Geneva Smitherman

A lot of people, black, white, mexican, young or old, fat or skinny have a problem being true to they self. They…

— Tupac Shakur

Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing.…

— Chuck D

I was Overflow. Another one I had was the Caped Crusader. Chamillionaire was Payroll. That was our group back then, Payroll and…

— Paul Wall

I try to really capitalize off of what other rappers really can't do. There are opportunities that rappers I love simply can't…

— Drake

My first tape was 'Hey, I can do what y'all do.' It's new, flashy, and not through rap. It was a guy…

— PartyNextDoor

I feel like I influence more than just rap.

— Freddie Gibbs

I went so far as to learn how to rap.

— Jimin

Hip-hop is a contact sport.

— Tory Lanez

Rap helps me connect emotionally.

— Ben Horowitz

I taught Drake everything he knows.

— Soulja Boy

I've tried to rap, and I cannot do it.

— Stephen Malkmus

When I Die, So Does Hip Hop. -Eminem

— Anonymous

My favorite artists would be Drake, Future.

— JaVale McGee