I was rapping in 1939. It's old. The roots are complex. And kids don't know. — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop doesn't give women as much of a chance as it gives guys. — Chanel West Coast Copy Share Image
I've been getting into Nick Drake lately, the folk singer. Sad, gorgeous stuff. — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
Earnestness can go wrong in hip hop. On this album, it goes very right. — Sage Francis Copy Share Image
I'm influenced by like, 50 Cent and Chief Keef 'cause they were rapping about the same things I was living. — Fivio Foreign Copy Share Image
Christians aren't people who never sin or always do the right thing. We're people who live in continual repentance. — LeCrae Copy Share Image
Me as a person, man, I'm just rapping reality. Every time I get in front of the microphone I'm just speaking about… — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
I guess I did go through my phase where I wanted to be a rapper. I made music, but I was never… — Tyrann Mathieu Copy Share Image
The first rap album I bought was Eminem's The Slim Shady LP so I wasn't even based on West Coast rap like… — Tyga Copy Share Image
Yes, I love Chicago in many ways, but I'm definitely not trying to fit, you know, the drill Chicago rapper. — Cupcakke Copy Share Image
I often say that I want to write like Tupac rapped. I could listen to his album, and within a few minutes,… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
As a lover of both hip-hop and jazz, I feel like much of the latter community still doesn't truly embrace hip-hop as… — Amanda Seales Copy Share Image
Wu-Tang was going through it. They didn't come from great homes or families. They really came from hard beginnings so it just… — Dave East Copy Share Image
Few places in American culture have made as effective a case for entrepreneurship than hip-hop. Hip-hop tells young people that our society… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
I have never seen a rap artist yet to come and say, 'I'm a gangsta'. What he says is 'Man I spit… — MC Hammer Copy Share Image
'The Rap Year Book' is really great. Shea Serrano wrote it, and it became this huge phenomenon where he sold out everywhere… — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image
It's Slim Thugga Muthafucka, got alot to sell, But snitches already got alot to tell, So for as y'all know all I… — Slim Thug Copy Share Image
Tupac is definitely an icon. There'll never be another Tupac, so I'm not gonna ever, ever try to fill those shoes. I'm… — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
Socially, hip-hop has done more for racial camaraderie in this country than any one thing. 'Cause guys like me, my kids -… — Michael Rapaport Copy Share Image
I don't feel that Hip Hop is mine, I feel like I have a pass in this thing of ours that we… — Benny the Butcher Copy Share Image
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