Conservatives have rightly attacked rap for its misogyny, violence and over-the-top vulgarity. But it is important to remember that this music is… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
I used to be focused on being the dopest rapper in the game, and then once that became what I was, I… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
“Growing out of the housing projects and ghettos on the West Coast in the 1980s, gangsta rap made the gritty reality of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not just a rapper; I'm an intelligent young man. But being able to give my mother everything she's ever wanted, I… — Mase Copy Share Image
Usually I start with a beat, I start making a beat, and my producer side is making the beat. And on a… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show. Things you wouldn't do… — Heavy D Copy Share Image
The thing about the state of hip-hop is that people are too concerned. I don't think that there's a problem with being… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
My Name Is [Chorus: x2] Hi! My name is... (what?) My name is... (who?) My name is... [scratches] Slim Shady Hi! My… — Nikki Marie Copy Share Image
Soulja Boy is on his dance, down south, young, 18-year-old, comedic swag. It's really just each person's personality; if every rapper had… — Soulja Boy Copy Share Image
I was curious because I hadn't really known anyone to do just that, so I would stop in on his sessions with… — Jillian Hervey Copy Share Image
I love that hip-hop can still provide jobs for niggas to get money and to put their crew on. I would never… — Redman Copy Share Image
The thing about hip-hop is, like, that the instruments were taken out of schools. But - you might have taken the instruments… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
There's not too many artist that can handle what we would call an Christian R&B sound. It's kind of a limited field… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
It does feel like sometimes that I'm the outcast. Hip-hop doesn't want to mess with me because I'm Christian and Christian music… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
I've been producing records, and as early as my late teens, early 20s, I put out a hip-hop record and then the… — Balthazar Getty Copy Share Image
In the history of the hip hop world...there has been one, single, solitary human being in the history of the world. One… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
When I grab the microphone, I am the greatest rapper, musician, and artist that ever lived, ever, in the entire universe -… — Logic Copy Share Image
I think it's kinda funny that all these rappers that used to be gangsters and thugs are telling us not to download… — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
Rap is something you can just throw on the skillet and fry up real quick. That's how it comes to me, my… — B.o.B Copy Share Image
I was probably 15 when I started going to the studio with the older cats in my neighborhood. They heard me rap… — Nayvadius Cash Copy Share Image
Rappers are usually rapping about knowledge they think people need to get by in the world. If there's no movement that gives… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
I feel like too many people on the West Coast, they're too needy. They feel they need Snoop or Game. I never… — Tyga Copy Share Image
I was a rapper who was 13 or 14 years old at one point, and it was a dream. I used to… — Hopsin Copy Share Image
I'd been so heavily influenced by Em, but artists that don't grow out of that don't go anywhere. Ultimately, I came to… — NF Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is not about pretense. You can be missing an eye; you can have an ice-cream cone in your face; you can… — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
I followed the footsteps of Scarface, Willie D, Bushwick Bill, Big Pokey, Lil Keke, Fat Pat, Big Moe, and Slim Thug. Those… — Paul Wall Copy Share Image
People always have these debates about who their favourite rapper is. And I think it's based upon what mood that particular person… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
The South Side loves me - I've got a song with Jermaine Dupri - and I've got songs on the East Coast… — Nate Dogg Copy Share Image
Just because I'm sassy and have a mouth on me doesn't mean I'm coming from a negative place. There's irony in what… — Kesha Copy Share Image
A lot of us have classical and jazz training, and it would be hard for us to work with a hip-hop artist… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
I think that's one thing that hinders hip-hop and I think when everybody tries to be the same... That's why people look… — Fabolous Copy Share Image
“I'm a wordsmith. My expertise is in word formation and rhyming compilation. I'm going to revolutionize hip hop with unique, fiery lyrics… — Wade The Wordsmith Copy Share Image
I feel like Drake saw that I was up-and-coming in the gaming scene, and he thought it would be a perfect way… — Ninja Copy Share Image
I think I'm a whole lot to handle. I definitely am, on every aspect. I'm the video director. I'm the graphics designer.… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Whatever else anyone says he was, he may have been. But Tupac really was a great American artist. The passage of time… — Afeni Shakur Copy Share Image
I speak from the heart. Certain people follow lyricists and people that put words on a dictionary together, and this and that.… — French Montana Copy Share Image
If you just want a comfortable life, the awards, and pats on the back then you play Christian Hip Hop safe. Because… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously,… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm not a 'real rapper'; I just like to talk about what I've been through. When I was younger, I just said… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I have a song that's called 'Rap Dreams, Hoop Dreams'. Besides education, everybody's got hoop dreams from day one in rap. Rap,… — Lil B Copy Share Image
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