Snoop Dogg has always held me up. He's always held me above the fray, and that keeps me relevant. Wherever he goes,… — The D.O.C Copy Share Image
Lil Wayne is somebody who I used to ride to school listening to in my car. You know from Tha Carter to… — Big Sean Copy Share Image
My favorite artist was probably Jay-Z. He's the one who inspired me to start writing music. He's a wordsmith. He's very clever.… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
Tupac has always been somebody who represented a higher consciousness of what it means on both sides of the coin to be… — Kat Graham Copy Share Image
I flipped Gucci Mane's 'Freaky Gurl' for my project and I thought, 'Wouldn't it be great if he could get on it.'… — Latto Copy Share Image
Hip hop is just a reflection of what's going on, or where the art is…Technology definitely gives artists a new mind, new… — Del tha Funkee Homosapien Copy Share Image
The difference between EAZY E the artist and Eric Wright the human being, was two separate worlds apart. Behind closed doors, Eazy-E… — Kokane Copy Share Image
I love the way I make hip-hop and I refuse to make pop-rap. I don't refuse to make mainstream music, which is… — Ben Drew Copy Share Image
Most of don't really understand how the underdog mind oporatesK.M.G Wise Am the one that speak's in riddles and later its qouted… — Syntific Copy Share Image
Honestly, when I do a lot of records where it's super lyrical, all that it is to prove and to show people,… — Joyner Lucas Copy Share Image
I think I can see people wanting to hear more music-music now as opposed to all hip-hop. You know, which I have… — Nickolas Ashford Copy Share Image
Kanye is always here in my factory. In the last three years, he has come here maybe every month and worked with… — Giuseppe Zanotti Copy Share Image
How many rappers in the game have "little" in front of their name? Lil' Wayne, Lil' Boosie it's a lil' shame Lil'… — Ed O.G Copy Share Image
You gotta make a change. Its time for us as a people to start making some changes, lets change the way we… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I think you shouldn't get my music confused with who I am or who we are, because Yung Lean, from the beginning,… — Yung Lean Copy Share Image
But this is one of the things that makes rap at its best so human. It doesn't force you to pretend to… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I don't know if there's anything Kanye West can do that can erase his influence on me, because it's here. It's already… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
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We are presented with a unique situation in the black community in that we have embraced the beauty of hip hop, the… — Tamron Hall Copy Share Image
Back in the days when I was a teenager, Before I had status, and before I had a pager, You could find… — Q-Tip Copy Share Image
I aint takin nothing away from the other West Coast artists or nobody, no other artist, but Im sayin, when the West… — The Game Copy Share Image
I just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a rapper. I'm successful. I make money. That's… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I'm a child of the 70's. R&B to me is Curtis Mayfield. Then a transition came in and I was part of… — D'wayne Wiggins Copy Share Image
Rev Run is a living legend of Hip-Hop, who's still making great music, but now he's also the dad to an amazing… — Tony DiSanto Copy Share Image
I'm a young dude from Chicago who grew up with Kanye as my image of hip-hop. Finding your voice in a room… — Chance The Rapper Copy Share Image
I feel like you can't stop me now, I'm tighter now, More of a writer now, Than a rapper now, Got me… — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
My new music video, 'My Life' featuring Eminem and Adam Levine, the only person in the actual video who you can physically… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
I have a duty to myself to do the best that I can do at anything that I'm doing. And right now… — Dr Dre Copy Share Image
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Once I slapped a rapper with mace, Then I spit acid in his face, after he rinsed his eyes, no wait... I… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
The difference is that they [Europeans] don't have that culture about hip-hop as a lifestyle, a way of life; for them it's… — K-Maro Copy Share Image
You had Cash Money: that was just the flashy dudes. Like I said, you had different genres of rap, and we were… — Mannie Fresh Copy Share Image
I believe a lot in gangsta rap, I see in it a lot of positive things as it is. I believe it… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
There's a need for pop. There's a need for radio. There's also a need to understand the brilliance and the depth of… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
I could rap really good on accident. I talk tight and it just sounded... I don't know. It's just such a big… — Goldlink Copy Share Image
Rap was forbidden with the people who were interviewing us and the shows that I was getting [booked on], and I had… — Michel'le Copy Share Image
The only person who really impressed me with making new music is Cudi. Everyone else seems to be jumping on the same… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
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![“Kanye is always here in my factory. In the last three years, he has come here maybe every month and worked with the employees 10 to 12 hours a day. [Kanye] loves learning about shoes, both the design and construction, and we’ve tried to design something together. In a couple of months, he could…” quote by Giuseppe Zanotti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/giuseppe-zanotti-47764_collections_kanye-is-always-here-in-my-factory-in-th_897935.png)
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