I think, in a lot of ways, Kanye's superpower is his weakness - if you tell him he can't do something, he's… — Charlamagne tha God Copy Share Image
I was just a kid in love with hip hop music. I love music. I love the culture. I wanted to be… — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
Growing up, you hear Tupac's music, it's kind of like... it goes without saying that everyone likes Tupac. — Demetrius Shipp, Jr Copy Share Image
Jay Z and Biggie and Nas always listened to my direction. They listened and they applied it and I also listened to… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
You know I’m the first rapper to adopt a tabby cat. You know I adopted straight from the ASPCA, you feel me?… — Lil B Copy Share Image
“Rappers use words that rhymes, But When Lil Wayne Used Rhymes They don't really mean nothing.” — Kadda Sheekoff Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it. — K. Flay Copy Share Image
Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure. — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
I miss the old Kanye, straight from the 'Go Kanye, Chop up the soul Kanye, set on his goals Kanye, I hate… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
As far as the rapping, the rapping was just something that I started doing cause I thought it was cool. I just… — T-Pain Copy Share Image
If you have swag, you have completed the following: Listen to all the famous rappers who make money from rapping off the… — Yours Truly Copy Share Image
NWA has to be NWA. Eminem is Eminem. NWA is NWA. There's two different things there. For example, let's take the first… — Dr Dre Copy Share Image
Wu-Tang is big - it's bigger than us. We started off as just a bunch of guys from the neighborhood; now it's… — Inspectah Deck Copy Share Image
Rap is like any other genre: There are the people who are very creative with it and do remarkable things... and then… — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
'Stillmatic' is the rebirth of 'Illmatic,' my first debut album to come out in 1994. 'Stillmatic' is me coming full circle in… — Nas Copy Share Image
I'm not just rapping because I like it anymore - this is like almost my career now, you know? Not almost, it… — Fabolous Copy Share Image
I don't know what makes someone hip. The goal is artist achievement and the best work we can do with no limitation. — Rick Rubin Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Don't fool people to think you are better than who you are. Instead of trying to act changed, pray that you will… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to hip hop and embracing black culture, probably because it was 'outsider art.' — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
A majority of Bon Qui Qui is my little brother, who is ghetto fabulous. He has no filter whatsoever. He just says… — Anjelah Johnson Copy Share Image
Questlove is an artist who I respect because he constantly shifts within the idiom, challenging perceptions of hip-hop and black American culture. — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
Nah, I'm not one of those 'hip-hop is dead' people. I just like different artists. I never look at it as one… — Remy Ma Copy Share Image
When Eminem wrote Recovery obviously he wanted to Recover. Akon wrote Freedom because he wanted freedom, and Justin Bieber wrote boyfriend hmmmmm — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Might look light, but we heavy though. You think Drake will pull some shit like that you never know. — Drake Copy Share Image
We've been living on a high, they've been talking on the low. But it's cool, know you heard it all before. — Drake Copy Share Image
I'm the female Jay-Z. I never compared myself to other women artists. I compared myself with the best, and the best is… — Estelle Copy Share Image
Shout out to the greatest of all time, Eminem. Definitely appreciate the love... He gave me a few over the years. — Paul Wall Copy Share Image
Today, Snoop Dog endorsed Ron Paul for president. Snoop said he likes Paul's positions on everything from legalizing pot ... to legalizing pot. — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When I first started rapping, one of my partners who kept telling me to do music, I had asked him who I… — Young Dolph Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It makes you feel good when you do a song that, sonically, can fit right next to Drake. But our audience, they… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As far as business moguls, I'm always a fan of how Jay Z moves. He was just always very strategic ever since… — Tyga Copy Share Image
In the past it seemed like I was making fun of rap a little bit. But it was more me making fun… — Beck Copy Share Image
I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don't know how long you can be taken seriously… — Eminem Copy Share Image
Rap - it's a childhood passion. Writing rhymes, it's something that I was doing before rap records even existed. And I will… — Gza Copy Share Image
“A team on my own, deliver like a power play/ Call the king of rap, you can’t take the crown away/” — Gio Willimas Copy Share Image
