I think hip-hop has changed. When I first came out, hip-hop was more of a kind of way to learn about new… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
The key moments in your life are when you realize how exciting music can be, like when you hear Nevermind for the… — Sune Rose Wagner Copy Share Image
Everyday it's a new rapper, claimin to be dapper than the Dresta, softer than a bitch but portray the roll of gangsta,… — Dresta Copy Share Image
I think you gotta always do things that keep you excited in an [rap music] industry that's so bullshit. When you know… — Nas Copy Share Image
Then instead of introducing Dre as the guy from N.W.A., Jerry Heller would say Dre was my producer! Dre would come to… — Michel'le Copy Share Image
Brother Kendrick Lamar: he's not a rapper, he's a writer, he's an author. And if you read between the lines, we'll learn… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
It's like they want to shut rappers down. They want to silence us. The Supreme Court says it's OK for a white… — Ice T Copy Share Image
Well different cities Like different songs. Different crowds do different dances. But so far everyone shows me love. Traveling around is what… — Soulja Boy Copy Share Image
If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I had a lot of respect for Prodigy. He brought the hood to the booth. When we were trying to shape this… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Til I collapse I'm spitting these raps long as you feel 'em. til the day that I drop youll never say that… — Eminem Copy Share Image
When you are a rapper, there's always hesitation in taking on certain roles because of creditability, but Rza is one of those… — Evan Ross Copy Share Image
Not that I want to put the entire rap music style down - I just don't like it. And I know somewhere… — Sam Kinison Copy Share Image
People said that way back in the early days I was probably one of the first rappers; the reason is that I… — Alan Vega Copy Share Image
The whole point of 'Acid Rap' was just to ask people a question: does the music business side of this dictate what… — Chance the Rapper Copy Share Image
I personally respect Bobby. He does really well on stage. Although I don't think his raps are exceptional or that he has… — Kim Nam-joon Copy Share Image
I met Tupac pretty much right after he did the movie 'Juice,' so he was already with Digital Underground, but he was… — R-Truth Copy Share Image
What Jazzy Jeff and rappers like him talk about is phony stuff. They're not into street raps, into telling what's really happening… — MC Ren Copy Share Image
The reason why it is that strong, and why HipHop is so inbred, is that there is a very structured wheel, a… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
With how long I've been rapping, I've learned a lot on the business side. You don't have this much success underground, or… — Benny the Butcher Copy Share Image
That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
90% of the people that rap are just rappers, they rap what they see, a lot of them exploit other peoples lives,… — Cormega Copy Share Image
I think it's a tribute to the artistic importance of hip-hop culture and what hip-hop has brought into music and fashion and… — Simon de Pury Copy Share Image
I found very early on when I became a hip-hop artist that I loved telling stories. Actually, when I was trying to… — Ben Drew Copy Share Image
What's crazy to me is that people now assume I'm behind [hip-hop] tracks that other people are putting out. They're just sitting… — AraabMuzik Copy Share Image
We really just live our life. We rap about our life, where we from, our city, what we've been through, from the… — Westside Gunn Copy Share Image
I love in my mind to look at Jay-Z and Beyonce because I think that he is a guy that's hood but… — Keyshia Cole Copy Share Image
I've always been noted for being original and doing different thing. So for me to hop on the train that's going on… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
By the time you get into other kinds of music - R&B, country, or whatever - it becomes something that's romantic. It… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
My parents were fairly young in the city of Compton. So the things that they played - you know, that was the… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Lula had Eminem cranked up. He was rapping about trailer park girls and how they go round the outside, and I was… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
I occasionally rapped along to some homegrown Korean rap. And then a friend introduced me to Wu-Tang and played me 'Enter the… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
I believe Kendrick Lamar is not only an artist but an influencer of an entire generation. He represents Compton with great pride,… — Aja Brown Copy Share Image
When I started out rapping, I became very frightened by the idea that people were trying to pigeonhole me. That's usually what… — Princess Nokia Copy Share Image
I look at old performers like James Brown: back in the day when you actually had to work hard to get poppin'.… — Kyle Copy Share Image
I didn't get into Tupac [Shakur] until a little later, once I started understanding rap and people's stories. Eminem was the first… — Tyga Copy Share Image
A friend of mine encouraged me to try rapping, so I started experimenting with it, writing verses, seeing if I could fit… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
2Pac wrote about life threatening situations after being shot so often, it made it seem like he was obsessed with it. He… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
Hip-hop from the beginning has always been aspirational. It always broke that notion that an artist can't think about money as well.… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Tupac gave us validity. Tupac made the kid getting beat up every day realize that it was okay to be smart. Tupac… — Bevy Smith Copy Share Image
![“I think you gotta always do things that keep you excited in an [rap music] industry that's so bullshit. When you know that you have so much energy and so much to give, it would be a shame if the facilitators of that aren't enthusiastic about you doing it, because you've been doing it for so long…” quote by Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/nas-650_bullshit_i-think-you-gotta-always-do-things-that_1957227.jpg)
![“What's crazy to me is that people now assume I'm behind [hip-hop] tracks that other people are putting out. They're just sitting on the edge of their chair waiting for me to put out [rap beats]. But it's not going to happen. I've graduated from that.” quote by AraabMuzik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/araabmuzik-35069_assuming_what-s-crazy-to-me-is-that-people-now-as_717982.jpg)
![“I didn't get into Tupac [Shakur] until a little later, once I started understanding rap and people's stories. Eminem was the first rapper that I actually started dissecting the lyrics, and once I got attached to his stories, then I started listening to Dr. Dre, then Snoop 'cause they were all…” quote by Tyga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/329/tyga-579_camps_i-didn-t-get-into-tupac-shakur-until-a-l_500184.jpg)
