Rapper Quotes · Page 106

I grew up listening to Tupac, Biggie and other hip hop artists in the 90s. To this day, their music is still…

— Michael Isabella

People told me that Miley's '23' wasn't hip-hop. Let me tell you, she went in and owned that track.

— Mike Will Made It

Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.

— Obie Trice

If there's something you want to say or talk about, then that's what rap is all about - talking about your own…

— Stefflon Don

I'm not in that state of mind that I was back in '86 - hip-hop is not in that state of mind…

— Rakim

Who wouldn't want a baby girl? They're the best! And I know that's what Kanye has always wanted; he wanted a little…

— Kim Kardashian

I stop and stare at the younger, my heart goes to 'em, they stressed out and goin' under.

— Tupac Shakur

I was one of the first rappers to have his own forum. Then 50 Cent made 'Thisis50.com,' and everyone made sites just…

— Chamillionaire

I, like anybody whoever met Eric Wright, was mesmerized & inspired. Eric was more like a big brother to me, to all…

— Kokane

You can say what you want to about a rapper in a movie, but look at what Ice Cube has done. Ice…

— Anthony Anderson

The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in…

— Talib Kweli

To me hip-hop is a culture and I became an MC to be recognized as a dope lyricist. That's what I wanted…

— Big Daddy Kane

I remember going backstage on a random night and Kanye goes, 'Ayo Premier, I'm about to drop an album called 'College Dropout'…

— DJ Premier

When I first came in the game, I had a bunch of homies that rapped that was hanging around me just because…

— Freddie Gibbs

While I wanted to be supportive of Kanye [west] on the phone call, you cannot 'approve' a song you haven't heard. Being…

— Taylor Swift

My music is not for everyone. It's only for the stong-willed, the [street] soldiers music. It's not like party music- I mean,…

— Tupac Shakur

I was a kiddie pool attendant, and I was a white rapper. That's not going to get you a job on Wall…

— Jesse Itzler

I'd like to do something with Frank Ocean, you know, and I love working with Thundercat, and I'd love to do more…

— Michael McDonald

I don't know if I'll ever make rap music, but I just like people who are like, 'I am going to just…

— Tavi Gevinson

Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're…

— Jay-Z

I'm a fan of hip-hop as a whole, period. I love hip-hop. I look at it as a study and I love…

— Lil B

I wanted us to have a friendly relationship [with Kanye West]. He promised to play the song for me, but he never…

— Taylor Swift

I want Cypress Hill to be the Grateful Dead of hip-hop. The Dead never wore out their welcome, and I hope in…

— B-Real

People think, 'Oh, I don't need to worry about him,' and they underestimate me because I am a rapper.

— Lil Jon

I think every rapper should know how to sing, like a little bit. I mean common man it'll make your rapping better…

— SonReal

Everyone has the notion that hip-hop is messy and loose, but there's also another level to it.

— Laurieann Gibson

I'm not really a comparison dude. Even when people say 'Big or Pac?,' because they're two totally different types of lyricists.

— DJ Premier

Macklemore gets a Grammy over Kendrick Lamar. I still can't get over that. But again, it's not Macklemore's fault. It's the way…

— Ato Essandoh

I would love to be friends with Kanye West, because I know he is not a dreadful person, he is a lovely…

— Thomston

I can't see myself not rappin' and not talking the bullshit I'm talking. I love that! I can't lie. Once I stop…

— Sean Price

I think Gotye is really dope. The music that I enjoy listening to isn't as intense as my music is.

— B.o.B

When you're a rapper, just a rapper, you have to kind of settle for whatever comes your way - if a beat…

— J. Cole

Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.

— Brendon Urie

For all you sucker MC's perpetratin a FRAUD. Your rhymes are cold wack and keep the crowd cold lost.

— Run DMC

While writing a normal song, we just pen four lines and then we have a chorus and some lines again. But rap…

— Raftaar

The only memorable people who came to Guernsey in my lifetime were Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 - I swear that was…

— Mura Masa

Scandinavian rap started in the '90s, off the back of Run DMC, and it was a bunch of Swedish dudes doing the…

— Yung Lean

The Cash Money sound pretty much changed the era. It kind of put the business into rap. It was like, 'Get your…

— Mannie Fresh

You know I've got some Waylan Jennings in me and I've also got some Eric B. & Rakim in me.

— Everlast

Some people say I'm conscious, some say I'm a gangsta rapper - it's just me doing me. I'm stomping in my own…

— Nas