I'll make a song with Rick Rubin, a song with Beyonce, a song with Lenny Kravitz. I just believe in making good… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
..And the same rapper who revels in a woman's finely proportioned behind may also speak against racism and on behalf of the… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I'm heavily influenced by a lot of people like Dre, Pharrell, and Kanye. They're all big-time tastemakers and trendsetters, just for culture,… — Metro Boomin Copy Share Image
Hip hop, this is church. Church, this is hip-hop. Y'all need to meet. I know you have some misconceptions about them, I… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
Teenagers especially are very, very conscious about what is hip and what is lame and what is square and what is out… — Jerry Leiber Copy Share Image
First I look up to myself, tryna get better, always tryna get better. But besides me, Lil Wayne, I look up to… — Lil Chuckee Copy Share Image
Well I'm not just gon' go and do rap songs. I wanna touch, and maybe help, and see what I can do… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
My name was given to me. I didn't just decide to change it one day. But I ran with it to reflect… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
The film's star, Eminem, doesn't appear to have a great deal of range, but he can play himself. Even though the protagonist… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
To everyone saying rap is bad for society, I disagree. Rap is good for society as is any genre of music, it's… — Palenana Mae Copy Share Image
Me being biracial, me being from Canada but having success in the States, I have all these moments in my life where… — Drake Copy Share Image
When you're trying to bring the streets into rap to prove a point, then you already lost. You separate the two, and… — Young Jeezy Copy Share Image
Being a new artist, I was trying to make a good album and hope that people like Kool Moe Dee and Melle… — Rakim Copy Share Image
I've never considered myself a rapper. I know how to do it. I know how to make my voice project, and I… — Dr. Dre Copy Share Image
I love that, for Kanye [West], there's no difference between the epic and the personal. That makes him sound like a really… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But… — Elmer Bernstein Copy Share Image
I'm working on a mixtape called I Made Hip-Hop Smile. It's going to be a free online mixtape. I think it's going… — SonReal Copy Share Image
When we did 'Back In The Game' on the Wu-Tang 'Iron Flag' album, I did a verse about gambling. I didn't want… — Gza Copy Share Image
I come from hip hop for sure, and there are basic elements of that, but then I'll take from somewhere else, like… — Kaytranada Copy Share Image
Weve been called all kinds of things that just happened to be the one, from Big Meech Family to Big Meech Flenory.… — Big Meech Copy Share Image
Hip-hop culture itself has completely consumed everything involved in entertainment. When you think about basketball like the way those guys dress; I… — Ryan Montgomery Copy Share Image
The Migos, like anybody I ever been in the studio with, like an influence on my rap. I take this from him… — Lil Baby Copy Share Image
I got into rapping by being a victim of circumstances; it was a hard situation with my brother. Mainly my older brother… — Trae tha Truth Copy Share Image
I've been a freelancer my whole life. It's sort of been my ethos that wherever something takes me, it takes me, so,… — Njena Reddd Foxxx Copy Share Image
America, you know, they always separate people because of race. They've been able to convince, 'The niggers are coming.' You know, the… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I'm sorry, legal hustle, Infamous affiliated last rapper to test me I humiliated and for your information the jewels ain't rented from… — Cormega Copy Share Image
I think that's a weak excuse, to say because a rapper's getting older that he ain't got it no more. Nah. Don't… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
You have rappers saying "stay off drugs, go to school" - empty verbal behavior. I think all of this became institutionalized in… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
When it came to hip-hop... I don't know. Maybe I was insecure. You know, this is the early '90s. If you were… — Charlie Day Copy Share Image
“Drake was a man who retrieved things for people. His reputation was well-known, and people came to him not only for his… — Dennis B. Boyer Copy Share Image
November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world,… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
“The story of the rapper and the story of the hustler are like rap itself, two kinds of rhythm working together, having… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
We live in a society that refuses to set a standard for what we will allow American entertainment to expose to our… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
Back in the day, music imitated life. Now it's the opposite way around: life is imitating music. It's like whatever the rappers… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Most rappers try to put themselves in a box to try to be the image of what Tupac and Biggie were. Mostly… — B-Real Copy Share Image
I think I learned the most from Eminem because I spent the most time with him in the studio. Going to L.A.… — Obie Trice Copy Share Image
When I first started rapping, when I switched my style to more like a punch line style - this is when I'm… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
“Anand finished up his cola cube transaction. I stepped up and slammed three pound coins on the counter like an oppressed inner-city… — Nikesh Shukla Copy Share Image
I got love for Damon Dash as I did before. I don't know if we can be around each other in that… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
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