Rapper Quotes · Page 101

I love rap. I love hip-hop. But something is wrong when every song, no matter what, has got a rap.

— Shaun Ryder

I feel like Travis [Stevens] is just a Midas touch producer. Seemingly everything he touches turns to gold lately, so that was…

— Barbara Crampton

I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.

— Afrika Bambaataa

I loved 'Nothing Was the Same' so much. For me, that was the first Drake record that I got into.

— David Longstreth

Niggas' rap albums sound like love letters, Pen in my hand, like: damn, fam, I could do much better.

— Sean Price

I love the story of 'Lamborghini Doors,' a record with Meek Mill and myself - it came together when I went to…

— Rick Ross

I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping.

— Freddie Gibbs

When I started forming my own taste, there was a period in high school when I listened to only rap and hip-hop,…

— Mat Kearney

Koopsta Knicca, Gangsta Boo, Lord Infamous and Crunchy [Black]. The name of the group is Da Mafia 6iX. So like I said…

— DJ Paul

We were coming out of the black community with this thing called rap music, which was basically black men yelling at the…

— Chuck D

I had no idea how much the stuff I was doing was affecting people outside Oakland. At the time, also, hip hop…

— Boots Riley

I think the guy who has had the better films is Will Smith. I don't know if he's a better actor than…

— LL Cool J

I set goals, take control, drink out my own bottle, I make mistakes but learn from every one, And when it's said…

— Tupac Shakur

Hip hop is the new rock n' roll, you know what I mean? And anybody who doesn't think that is just sort…

— Dan Auerbach

Gucci is a rapper that doesn't try and be anything he's not - he's straight up. Yeah, maybe it's ironic and all,…

— Diplo

When I started writing poetry, it was always in very hip-hop influenced spaces: Someone would teach a Nas song side-by-side with a…

— Jamila Woods

Rap evolves and to still be current you have to evolve with it! Get in front or get left behind.

— E-40

I'm slow on the uptake about things. I didn't understand that the first Wu Tang album was great when I first heard…

— Robert Christgau

I spend more time with Gucci [Mane] or Birdman than 300, but all this is just family. Who cares [about] contracts?

— Young Thug

My personal favorite records might have to be "Keep It Rollin" and "360" featuring Meek Mill...oh and the Intro Is Murder!

— Kid Ink

The rap game is kinda crazy, so I go with the flow but make sure that I cover my bases and do…

— Lil Baby

SK La'Flare's a legend. It was me, him and Vince, and Frank would come through sometimes and s - - and he…

— Earl Sweatshirt

OutKast. For them to come back together to rap with me and my brother Krizz Kaliko would be ginormous.

— Tech N9ne

Hip-hop saved me. It gave me permission to use language in a certain way. It validated my community and my friends. It…

— Jason Reynolds

There's rappers out there that don't even know how to rhyme. They take someone else's words and go with it. To each…

— Big Daddy Kane

Raps changed since the NWAs and the Dr Dre's went and made gangbangin famous. Got rich 'cause my city on the same…

— Nipsey Hussle

The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat - 'Understand Me.' I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012,…

— Fetty Wap

That's what Tupac and I got from my dad - the rebellion and the need to fight back and be recognized for…

— Afeni Shakur

Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that…

— Harmony Korine

I never freestyle. I always give a written verse cause I just don't wanna go out like that.

— Lil Yachty

People don't want rap to be anything other than it is. But genres expand. My contributions, no matter how they sound, will…

— Chance The Rapper

There's no difference between a tacky Jew from Miami and a rap star. They both want the Cadillac and the Rolex with…

— Brett Ratner

Kids these days are kind of going back to Tupac and Snoop Doggy Dogg as examples of people that stand for something.

— Angela Davis

“When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg.”

— Snoop Dogg

Ultimately, I really like to rap, and seeing what I can do to keep it fresh for myself has lent itself to…

— Aesop Rock

If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me. Have you read the YouTube comments lately? ‘Man, that’s gay’ gets dropped…

— Macklemore

I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time.

— David Bowie

This fast life soon shatters, cause after all the lights and screams, nothing but my dreams matter.

— Anonymous

I'm in the Gucci vest with the green and red straps, I'm the Last rapper to scare n****s since craig Mack!

— Lloyd Banks

They used to say I was a Dr. Dre wanna be, now they all wanna be friends. So, who's a wanna be…

— Crisis Mr Swagger