Rapper Quotes · Page 90

In the past it seemed like I was making fun of rap a little bit. But it was more me making fun…

— Beck

As far as business moguls, I'm always a fan of how Jay Z moves. He was just always very strategic ever since…

— Tyga

I'm a rapper and an artist, but I'm a human. That's what people forget. That's why I try to make them remember.

— Rod Wave

It makes you feel good when you do a song that, sonically, can fit right next to Drake. But our audience, they…

— Kirk Franklin

I love hip-hop, because you can do this like that and still be super successful! You ain't gotta hold your tongue.

— Busta Rhymes

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

— G-Eazy

I feel like when I'm writing for other people, when I'm doing rap hooks, it's kinda like playing dress up for me...

— PJ Harvey

When I first started rapping, one of my partners who kept telling me to do music, I had asked him who I…

— Young Dolph

Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don't think it's given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely.…

— Jay-Z

We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the current state of music until I…

— Nate Ruess

As a matter of fact it wasn't until after BIG passed and stupid rumors went around that I had something to do…

— DJ Quik

That's one thing I learned from B.I.G. He was always heavy on versatility. I'm able to take an R&B record and rip…

— Jadakiss

Wayne's my man. I'm proud of him, he worked hard. You know with a lot of people, Wayne's been doing this for…

— Cam'ron

To be honest, I was unaware of the huge frat-rap scene that was taking over the blogosphere until I found myself right…

— Mike Stud

Ali was the African-American who exulted in saying exactly what he was capable of, and the bouncing-boy braggadocio of hip-hop is impossible…

— Elvis Mitchell

Hip-hop wasn't actually the genre that made me want to make sound, and I couldn't actually really pinpoint what genre it was.…

— Grieves

Eminem knows that Republicans buy songs - his songs - too. His message to them is to stop buying.

— Bari Weiss

And I... started off dumb, raised by the hoodrats, listen to the radio wishin that i could rap.

— Tupac Shakur

Hip-hop and being a pro athlete go hand in hand. When they come together, it's a win, not just for your business…

— Kendrick Lamar

As for the rap game, I feel like the music I got, the rap game wide open for me to take over.

— Boosie

After I got dropped by Interscope, I knew in my heart that I had to fight back some way or not rap…

— Freddie Gibbs

Kendrick Lamar is 10-times the rapper I am, but I just feel I'm the best at getting my own point across.

— JPEGMAFIA

Some of these guys... I've worked with Ice Cube, I think he's an immensely talented rapper and actor.

— Anthony Anderson

“A team on my own, deliver like a power play/ Call the king of rap, you can’t take the crown away/”

— Gio Willimas

There are other jobs I do besides rap. I was considering going back to school so there have been a few things…

— Mic Geronimo

You know he can't save you, right? In the real world, that guy right there...he can't save you.

— Lil Wayne

Me and Kanye have a relationship - not as close as him and Trump, but we have a relationship.

— Charlamagne tha God

Another thing rappers, I admire your rebellious spirit, but materialism is a form of mental slavery. Slow down on the jewelry, pick…

— Dov Davidoff

[YSL creative director] Hedi [Slimane] is a music-obsessed guy. I might've originally met him through Sky.

— Zachary Cole Smith

Highbridge - everybody rap in Highbridge; everyone grew up rappin' or playing basketball.

— A Boogie wit da Hoodie

If culture was a railroad, I can see the tracks running from the Spirituals to the Hip Hop Nation.

— Nikki Giovanni

My brother and I always had conversations about me being a rapper. I always used to tell him, 'I'm gonna be the…

— Young M.A

Tupac Back' was the first single I had, but prior to that I already had 20-something songs in the street.

— Mike Will Made It

America used to say that hip-hop was a cancer. Then it embraced that cancer and realized, 'Hey, this isn't a bad thing.…

— Charlamagne tha God

Good rap records don't get too far, but rap records that are made for crossing over to white audiences do go a…

— Big Daddy Kane

I'm like, 'Eminem knows who I am? Eminem watches 'First Take?' That's love.' I've been a fan of his for years, for…

— Molly Qerim

Life comes when you have knowledge, wisdom, and understanding, when you can see for real, touch, and feel for real, know for…

— RZA

I really want to work with Rufus Wainwright. Michael Stipe from R.E.M. I would love to work with Kanye West.

— Rico Love

I keep my hip-hop as hip-hop, my R&B as R&B and my pop as pop. The ability to cross those boundaries and…

— Scott Storch

I feel like this - everybody, every rapper to me, I feel like every rapper got a little bit of E-40 in…

— E-40