Rapper Quotes · Page 109

Kendrick Lamar is from Compton, but his Compton and how he expresses that is completely different than NWA and Eazy-E even though…

— Rick Famuyiwa

Oh man, I would definitely love to work with Kanye on something. But it really is all up to him, so whatever…

— Fetty Wap

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

— G-Eazy

The majority of people, especially young people, know Dr. Dre because of Beats by Dre, not necessarily from him being a rap…

— Aja Brown

First rapper ever to jump off the stage on BET and, since Pac go to Hollywood to keep it street.

— Waka Flocka

Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the…

— Fab Five Freddy

The race factor was just a minuscule part of what I was doing with Eminem. It was really about the music and…

— Dr. Dre

Rick Ross is bigger to me than Dizzee Rascal. My music is more gangsta rap than anything English.

— Giggs

The way I think I should stay out of trouble is by stayin' busy. With idle time comes a lot of biz,…

— Gucci Mane

I like rap music. But bragging about being rich to poor people is really offensive. I want to hear a rap song…

— John Waters

We can come from our own particular point of view and lay it down. We should not be throwing verbal rocks at…

— Grandmaster Flash

Now I'm not the type that gets upset, Try to disrespect folks just to earn respect. But learn this fact: whether white…

— Slick Rick

I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but…

— Flume

I studied everyone in the business of entertainment: Dr. Dre, Diddy, everyone. Rob Dyrdek was big for me. He would get 2…

— Jake Paul

This is the industry that wants [music], the rap industry. You have to be on deck all the time, but you do…

— Young Thug

Hip hop started in NY so it's important that New Yorkers realise that to talk about NY music and its sound should…

— Nas

Lil Jon was definitely a pioneer for some of the punk-rap acts we see now. He showed you could scream on a…

— Kenny Beats

I loved B.I.G., but not like I liked Tupac, because he was an actor, so I related to him.

— Derek Luke

For those of us who grew in the early hip hop era, that music shaped us in a way to be in…

— Rick Famuyiwa

Burnin' churches, fearin' God, Who can be so cruel, We all ignorant to AIDS, Till it happens to you.

— Tupac Shakur

Don't put your confidence in big names When they die and return to the dirt they can't do anything for you.

— LeCrae

Kanye [West] just says the funniest analogies that are so random. I should start keeping a book - in 20 years, I'll…

— Kim Kardashian

I don't wanna be yelling all my life. How loud did I have to yell to say that Jay-Z was the man…

— Damon Dash

I always wanted the flowiness that hip-hop artists had. I always admired how they rapped so fast, but I never wanted to…

— Dua Lipa

I wouldn't consider myself a mumble rapper, because I don't know what that is. But when I talk, I mumble. So it's…

— Lil Mosey

People hate when I rhyme. Like I read the reviews, 'We don't really care much for his rapping but we like the…

— The Alchemist

Lil Wayne is talented. He seems to be the dominant figure in this particular era of hip-hop. So you know, he's doing…

— LL Cool J

I respect cats that can rap and everything, but the artist that inspires me is Turf Talk.

— E-40

Hip-hop was created out of necessity. We needed to create some digitized things to help us understand what we were feeling.

— Erykah Badu

A proud person is so busy looking down on others they cannot humble themselves to look up at God.

— LeCrae

Rap music is amazing, it's beautiful. But the problem is the lyrics. The person who writes the lyrics - that's the problem.

— Emmanuel Jal

I don't listen to much rap outside of Run DMC and the Beasties, but then I'm pretty burned out on most new…

— Jeff Hanneman

My biggest influence is Tupac. He was a poet, and listening to Tupac is what inspired me to start rapping.

— Chanel West Coast

I've listened to Eminem rap. That's not daily fare for me, but I can't help but admire how vivid what he does…

— Lesley Gore

Rap music started because they were bored of other music so they created something really new.

— Aesop Rock

I thought of rap I thought of Grand Master Flash and I thought of about what they went through.

— Kool Keith

More than half of all the hip hop record sales are white people, and I think that might be a result of…

— Vanilla Ice

I think rap definitely has its place in the art world. I think it is an art form. But, just like any…

— Rick James

I had to fall back and rethink and get into the studio and listen to real r&b music. This is what I…

— Tony Sunshine

I think I'm pretty regular. I try to keep it pretty regular; I go to sleep early. I don't know what distances…

— Vince Staples